| Name: | LACONIA |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/07/1911 |
| Completed: | 01/1912 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 877 |
| Dimensions: | 18099grt, 11226nrt, 600.6 x 71.3 x 40.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Q4cyl (33, 47, 67 & 95 x 60ins), 2170nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 17.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 131412 |
| History: | |
| 12/01/1912 | Cunard Steam Ship Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 25/02/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 250 x 1st, 450 x 2nd & 2000 x 3rd Class passengers |
| The first British steamer to be fitted with Frahm anti-roll tanks | |
| 10/1914: Requisitioned by The Admiralty as armed merchant cruiser HMS LACONIA | |
| Armed with 8 x 1 x 6.0ins guns & 2 x seaplanes | |
| 08/1916: Returned to owners | |
| 25/02/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U50, 160 miles NWxW of Fastnet | |
| On a voyage from New York to Liverpool carrying passengers & general cargo |
Above photo is copyright of The Engineer
Above photo is copyright of Richard Hildebrand
Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Above photo is copyright of the Dickinson Album
Leeds Mercury, Friday, 28/07/1911