RMS Laconia

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Two different ocean liners of the Cunard Steamship Lines have been named RMS Laconia. Although one was launched ten years after the other, and was the subject of a TV movie, they are easily confused; they had similar careers, looked the same, and met similar fates.

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<i>Laconia</i> incident Incident during the naval battles of the Second World War

The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British troopship in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 September 1942, during World War II, and a subsequent aerial attack on German and Italian submarines involved in rescue attempts. RMS Laconia, carrying 2,732 crew, passengers, soldiers and prisoners of war, was torpedoed and sunk by U-156, a German U-boat, off the West African coast. Operating partly under the dictates of the old prize rules, the U-boat commander, Korvettenkapitän Werner Hartenstein, immediately commenced rescue operations. U-156 broadcast her position on open radio channels to all Allied powers nearby, and were joined by the crews of several other U-boats in the vicinity.

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RMS <i>Laconia</i> (1921) Ocean liner

The second RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911–1917 Laconia. The new ship was launched on 9 April 1921, and made her maiden voyage on 25 May 1922 from Southampton to New York City. At the outbreak of the Second World War she was converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and subsequently a troopship. Like her predecessor, sunk during the First World War, this Laconia was also destroyed by a German submarine. Some estimates of the death toll have suggested that over 1,649 people were killed when the Laconia sank. The U-boat commander Werner Hartenstein then staged a dramatic effort to rescue the passengers and the crew of Laconia, which involved additional German U-boats and became known as the Laconia incident.

Eight vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Greek mythology.

U-8 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-1 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-85 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-88 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-10 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-20 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawke, after an archaic spelling of the bird, the hawk. Two of the later ships were named after Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, whilst another was planned:

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Empress of Britain may refer to one of these Canadian Pacific Steamship Company ocean liners:

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Lapwing, after the northern lapwing, a species of bird:

A number of ships have been named Laconia

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