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
Ceylan (ship) the disaster. They were brought ashore by the "Ceylan". The "Ceylan", after 27 years' service, was scrapped on March 21, 1934 in La Spezia Italy. Ceylan (ship) The Ceylan was a passenger ship of the French shipping company Compagnie des Chargeurs Réunis, which was put into service in 1907 and withdrawn in 1934. In January 1920, it took on board the 34 survivors of the passenger ship Afrique (1907), which had sunk in the Bay of Biscay in a storm. The 8223-ton Steamboat "Ceylan" was built at the Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson shipyard in Wallsend, England for the French