Laconia
Name | Laconia |
Type | Passenger steamer
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GRT | 18,099 tons (one of the largest ships hit) |
Country | British |
Built | 1912
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Builder | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Cunard Steam-Ship Co., Ltd., Liverpool
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Passenger steamer Laconia
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 25 Feb 1917 | U 50 (Gerhard Berger) | Sunk | Torpedoed 160 miles NWxW of Fastnet
| 52° 00'N, 13° 40'W
| New York - Liverpool
| passengers & general cargo
| 12
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Position of attack on Laconia
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