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Revision as of 14:53, 15 January 2015

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.

Bibliography

British Armed Merchant Cruisers
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