In September 1942, the British troopship RMS Laconia was struck by a torpedo from German U-boat U-156 near West Africa, ...

In September 1942, A German submarine torpedoed and sank an aging British cruise ship, the RMS Laconia, off the coast of west Africa. The doomed vessel was carrying British troops, 1,500 Italian ...

This two-part drama is a rather creaky re-telling of one of the more notorious incidents of WWII when The RMS Laconia was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat. This two-part drama is a rather ...

It was not bad luck that placed Floyd Gibbons aboard the RMS Laconia, a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by a German U-boat a century ago in the North Atlantic. It was good luck — and meticulous ...

Alan Bleasdale, author of TV series GBH, has penned a two-part drama for BBC2 about the sinking of RMS Laconia in September 1942. Made by Talkback Thames and German producer Teamworx, Laconia is ...

As was noted with interest by more than one Hong Kong newspaper, the RMS Laconia was the first ship to sail completely around the world, “purely for the purposes of pleasure”. Owned by ...

By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief It took years to get this big-budget period miniseries about the sinking of British ocean liner the RMS Laconia by a German U-boat during World War II onto ...

These unique voyages will mirror many ports of call from Cunard's first world sailings on ships RMS Laconia followed by RMS Samaria, as well as calling at some of today's most inspiring destinations.