Video: 'The Laconia Incident'
(Saturday, September 12, 1942, 10:07 p.m. Central European Time; during the Laconia incident, part of the Atlantic Campaign of World War II) — The RMS Laconia, a British troop ship which was carrying Italian prisoners of war, British soldiers and civilians, was torpedoed by U-156, a German submarine, tonight off the West Africa coast, killing more than 1,600 people. Continue reading British troop ship RMS Laconia torpedoed by German U-boat off West African coast 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 12 1942)