WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917

WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her. Twenty minutes later, a second torpedo exploded. Rescue boats with passengers are seen here rowing away from the liner, as they watch her sink from a distance

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