White Star Line naval mine, while in service as a hospital ship. "Britannic" was the largest loss for the company, and also the largest ship sunk during the conflict. 1916 also saw the loss of the liner "Cymric" which was torpedoed off the Irish coast in May, and also of the cargo ship "Georgic", which was scuttled in December with its cargo of 1,200 horses still on board, after being intercepted in the Atlantic by the German merchant raider . 1917 saw the loss of the liner "Laurentic" in January which struck a mine off the Irish coast and sank with the loss
Russian hospital ship Vpered German Navy submarine SM "U-38" in the Black Sea between Rizeh and Batum. She sank shortly after. She was not carrying any wounded soldiers at the time, but seven people died in her sinking. Her survivors were saved a short time later. The Russian Empire claimed that Ottoman forces sank "Vperiod" rather than the Germans. The Ottoman Empire replied that both ships were sunk by mines. Russian hospital ship Vpered HS "Vpered" () was a Russian hospital ship that was torpedoed by the Imperial German Navy submarine SM "U-38" on 8 July 1916. SS "Vpered" was built at the Stabilimento