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* Plans and section of the armed merchant cruiser SS ''Laurentic'' at {{TNA|MFQ 1/1322/2-3.|C8955729}}
 
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Latest revision as of 18:43, 17 August 2017

H.M.S. Laurentic (1908)
Pendant Number: M.71[1]
Builder: Harland & Wolff[2]
Yard Number: 394[3]
Launched: 1908
Completed: 15 Apr, 1909[4]
Commissioned: 3 Oct, 1914[5]
Mined: 25 Jan, 1917[6]

H.M.S. Laurentic was a commercial liner converted for use as an Armed Merchant Cruiser in the Royal Navy.

Service

Armament

She was armed with:[7]

  • eight 6-in guns
  • two 6-pdrs

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  2. ↑ Wikipedia.
  3. ↑ Wikipedia.
  4. ↑ Wikipedia.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  6. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  7. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 120.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 401n.
  9. ↑ Gurner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 97.
  10. ↑ Ship's Log
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401p.
  12. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 78.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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