Laurentic
Ship Number
470
Vessel Type
Passenger Ship
Built
Belfast
Yard
East Yard
Slip Number
10
Launch Date
June 16, 1927
Delivered
November 1, 1927
Owner
Oceanic Steam Navigation Co.
Weight
18724 grt
BP Length
575 feet
Breadth
75 feet
No. of Screws
Triple
Speed (approx)
16 knots
Propulsion
Official No.
149642
Registered
Liverpool
Fate
Torpedoed
Laurentic

[Harland and Wolff Collection]
Collided with the vessel Lurigethen whilst in the Belle Isle Strait in 1932 and again in 1935 was in collision with the Blue Star vessel Napier Star while in the Irish Sea, with the loss of six lives.
 
In 1934 she became part of Cunard-White Star line. After a period of being laid up she was commissioned as an armed merchant cruiser in 1939 after under going a refit for this purpose.    
 
On 24/8/1939 she was commissioned as an armed merchant cruiser and on 3/11/1940 was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.99 off Bloody Foreland, North Western Approaches, with the loss of 49 lives.