The Citta Di Messina was built by N. Odero fu A. & Co. in 1910 and owned at the time of her loss by Ferrovie Dello Stato (Palermo, Italy). She was a steamer of 3.495 tons.
On June 23rd, 1916, Citta Di Messina was in the company od French destroyer Fourche when it was sunk by the Austrian submarine U-15, 20 miles east of Otranto. Fourche counter-attacked with depth charges, and believing the submarine was destroyed, started to pick up survivors from the Citta di Messina. U-15 then torpedoed Fourche. Fourche broke in two pieces and sank.
There were 33 casualties on Citta di Messina.
