SS Laurentic (1927)

SS Laurentic (1927)

The second SS "Laurentic" was an 18,724-ton ocean liner built in 1927 by Harland and Wolff, Belfast, for the White Star Line. [cite web
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accessdate = 2008-05-11] She was built for the Liverpool—Quebec City—Montreal route and was largely confined to it. Upon the outbreak of World War II, she was commissioned as HMS "Laurentic", an armed merchant cruiser, with pennant number F51. "Laurentic" was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-99 on November 3, 1940 off Bloody Foreland, County Donegal, Ireland with the loss of 49 lives.

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At 10:02 pm on November 3, 1940, Type VII U-boat U-99 under the command of Otto Kretschmer encountered three large ships on an eastward course. These comprised the 6000-ton merchant steamer SS|Casanare, the "Laurentic", and HMS|Patroclus.

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