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The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship 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.
- 12-24 September 1942( 1942-09-12-1942-09-24)
- Laconia Order issued by Karl Dönitz
- 210 km (110 nmi) NNE off Ascension
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1 day ago · The RMS Laconia (1921) was the second vessel of its name constructed by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd. She followed the original RMS Laconia, which operated from 1911 until its sinking in ...
Nov 16, 2009 · 1942. The Laconia is sunk. A German U-boat sinks a British troop ship, the Laconia, killing more than 1,400 men on September 12, 1942. The commander of the German sub, Capt. Werner Hartenstein,...
The Laconia, a British ocean liner converted to troop ship during the war, was traveling from South Africa to Plymouth, England with more than 3,000 souls on board. The passengers were a mixture of military, a few women and children, Italian prisoners of war (POWs), and their Polish guards.
Jan 20, 2022 · With Holden taken prisoner by Duarte, Bobbie and Alex piloting the Gathering Storm stolen from Laconia, and Naomi continuing to whip up resistance against the Imperial regime, the disassembled Rocinante crew more or less succeed in ending Laconia's grip on the colonized galaxy.
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Oct 11, 2021 · The series' final run concludes Earth and Mars' war with Marco Inaros' Free Navy and hints at a future development involving the mysterious protomolecule and a fleet of rogue Martians led by Admiral Winston Duarte settled on a newly discovered extrasolar planet known as Laconia.
On this day, during WW II, in 1942, a German U-boat, sank the British ship ‘The Laconia’. The HMS Laconia was a British troop ship and it was carrying several thousand soldiers and sailors. There were also many Italian Prisoner of War on board the ship.
