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
Italian hospital ship Ramb IV Italian hospital ship Ramb IV Ramb IV was an Italian hospital ship, built at Monfalcone by the United Yards of the Adriatic ("Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico", CRDA) in 1938. "Ramb IV" was the last of four sister ships all built to the same design. The other ships were the , , and the . The four ships were built for the Royal Banana Monopoly Business ("Regia Azienda Monopolio Banane"). These ships were originally devised as "banana boats" for transporting refrigerated bananas from Somaliland and Eritrea in Italian East Africa. In the event of war, the design of "Ramb IV" allowed it