Laurentic

White Star Line


Built 1927 by Harland & Wolff, Belfast

18,724 gross tons, 600 foot x 75 foot beam, speed @ 16 knots

Accommodation: 594 Cabin Class, 406 Tourist Class, 500 Third Class

Placed on Liverpool to Montreal service.

1935 Cruising - collided with Napier Star in the Irish Sea

1938 Laid up at Falmouth

1939 Became Armed Merchant Cruiser

1940 Torpedoed in Western Approaches by U99

Photo in my collection attributed to A. Duncan