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
HMS Strongbow (1916) HMS Strongbow (1916) HMS "Strongbow" was an M-class destroyer built for the British Royal Navy during the First World War. The ship was launched in September 1916 and entered service in November that year. "Stongbow" was sunk on 17 October 1917 by the German light cruisers and in the North Sea, when escorting a convoy of merchant ships from Norway. HMS "Strongbow" was ordered from Yarrow Shipbuilders in July 1915 as part of the Sixth War Programme of shipbuilding for the Royal Navy. "Strongbow" was built as a Yarrow "special", to Yarrow's own design rather than to the Admiralty's own