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
Yongfeng-class coastal defense ship raised the ship and rearmed it with Japanese guns to enter Japanese service on October 15, 1938, renamed "Asuka" (飛鳥). "Asuka" first served as a torpedo-boat mothership but eventually, in 1940, served as a liaison ship until it was sunk by American aerial attack on May 7, 1945 in the Huangpu River. Specification: "Yongji" is the 2nd ship of "Yongfeng"-class coastal defense ship built by China itself. Construction begun in 1911, the same year as its sister ship "Yongjian", but due to the Xinhai Revolution, construction was delayed and not until seven years later in 1918 was "Yongji" finally completed.