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TSMS Lakonia was an ocean liner that was launched in 1929 for Netherland Line as the ocean liner Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. In 1962 she became the Greek Line cruise ship TSMS Lakonia. On 22 December 1963 she caught fire at sea and on 29 December she sank. 128 people were killed in the disaster. In the 1930s Johan van Oldenbarnevelt' s regular ...
The Greek Line, formally known as the General Steam Navigation Company of Greece, was a passenger ship line that operated from 1939 to 1975. The Greek Line was owned by the Ormos Shipping Company. The Greek Line was founded in 1939 with the acquisition of the former SS Tuscania, renamed the Nea Hellas. It operated transatlantic voyages until ...
RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, launched on 27 July 1911, with the wife of the U.S. Ambassador Mrs. Whitelaw Reid christening the vessel. [1] Laconia was delivered to the Cunard Line on 12 December 1911, and began service on 20 January 1912. [2] She was the first Cunard ship of that name.
John Senior. Major (Ret) John Wilson Senior, MBE, TD, VR, mobilised on 27 December 2001, Senior was the first member of the British Territorial Army to be deployed on operational service to Afghanistan (post 11 September 2001). He is also the founder of Heroes Welcome UK, [1] a national scheme to encourage local communities to show their open ...
The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 September 1942, during World War II, and a subsequent aerial attack on German and Italian submarines involved in rescue attempts. RMS Laconia, carrying 2,732 crew, passengers, soldiers, and prisoners of war, was torpedoed ...
A number of ships have been named Laconia. RMS Laconia (1911), a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed and sunk on 25 February 1917. RMS Laconia (1921), a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed and sunk on 12 September 1942. SS Laconia (1925), a Greek cargo ship in service 1948–65.
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Laconian vase painting. Name vase of the Rider Painter, cup, circa 550/530 BC. London: British Museum. Laconian vase painting is a regional style of Greek vase painting, produced in Laconia, the region of Sparta, primarily in the 6th century BC. The first pottery with ornamental decoration produced in Laconia belongs to the Geometric period .