RMS Mauretania (1906) and were requested by the British government to become armed merchant cruisers, but their huge size and massive fuel consumption made them unsuitable for the duty, and they resumed their civilian service on 11 August. Later, due to lack of passengers crossing the Atlantic, "Mauretania" was laid up in Liverpool until May 1915 at the time that "Lusitania" was sunk by a German U-boat. "Mauretania" was about to fill the void left by "Lusitania", but she was ordered by the British government to serve as a troop ship to carry British soldiers during the Gallipoli Campaign. She avoided becoming prey
HMS Snowdrop (1915) up on 15 January 1923 to the Unity Ship Breaking Company. HMS Snowdrop (1915) HMS "Snowdrop" was an "Azalea"-class sloop of the Royal Navy. "Snowdrop" was built at the yards of McMillan, and was launched on 7 October 1915. She served during the First World War. In May 1918, she rescued the survivors from the liner , which had been torpedoed three times and sunk by "U-55" (six years earlier "Carpathia" had rescued the survivors from the ill-fated ). Also that same year, she took the American destroyer in tow, after the "Cassin" had been damaged by "U-61". "Snowdrop" survived