Laconia Laconia Laconia (, "Lakonía", ) is a region of Greece in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word "laconic" is derived from the name of the region by analogy—to speak in a concise way, as the Spartans were reputed by the Athenians to do. Laconia is bordered by Messenia to the west and Arcadia to the north and is surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea to the east and by the Laconian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani
RMS Laconia (1921) sinking of "Laconia". The sinking of the RMS Laconia was featured in the Animal Planet show, River Monsters, in an episode titled, "Killers from the Abyss." RMS Laconia (1921) The second RMS "Laconia" was a Cunard ocean liner, built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson as a successor of the 1911-1917 "Laconia". The new ship was launched on 9 April 1921, and made her maiden voyage on 25 May 1922 from Southampton to New York City. At the outbreak of World War II she was converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser, and subsequently a troopship. Like her predecessor, sunk during