- SS Laurentic (1927)
The second SS "Laurentic" was an 18,724-ton
ocean liner built in1927 byHarland and Wolff ,Belfast , for theWhite Star Line . [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-05-11] She was built for theLiverpool —Quebec City —Montreal route and was largely confined to it. Upon the outbreak ofWorld War II , she was commissioned as HMS "Laurentic", anarmed merchant cruiser , withpennant number F51. "Laurentic" was torpedoed and sunk by the GermanU-boat U-99 onNovember 3 ,1940 offBloody Foreland ,County Donegal ,Ireland with the loss of 49 lives.inking
At 10:02 pm on November 3, 1940,
Type VII U-boat U-99 under the command ofOtto Kretschmer encountered three large ships on an eastward course. These comprised the 6000-ton merchant steamer SS|Casanare, the "Laurentic", and HMS|Patroclus.References
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