As was noted with interest by more than one Hong Kong newspaper, the RMS Laconia was the first ship to sail completely around the world, “purely for the purposes of pleasure”. Owned by Britain’s ...

Alan Bleasdale, author of TV series GBH, has penned a two-part drama for BBC2 about the sinking of RMS Laconia in September 1942. Made by Talkback Thames and German producer Teamworx, Laconia is based ...

A MERSEYSIDE grandad relived the moment his ship was torpedoed as a new drama by Alan Bleasdale shone fresh light on the incident. Ted Johnson, 87, was serving on the converted Cunard Liner RMS ...

This 2010 European docudrama miniseries tells the true story of a controversial incident in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. In September 1942, A German submarine torpedoed and sank an aging ...

BBC Two lines up a major two-part drama based on the Second World War sinking of the RMS Laconia. Acclaimed writer Alan Bleasdale has penned a drama for BBC Two based on the tragic sinking of the RMS ...

This two-part drama is a rather creaky re-telling of one of the more notorious incidents of WWII when The RMS Laconia was torpedoed and sunk by a German u-boat. Alan Bleasdale’s script tells of the ...

It was the height of the Roaring Twenties and crowds jostled on New York’s Pier 54 to catch a glimpse of the renowned cruise liner RMS Laconia as it embarked on its inaugural voyage. Dressed in furs ...

On this date in 1942, the RMS Laconia was struck by a pair of German torpedoes off the coast of West Africa. Within hours, the ship -- which had been carrying civilians, British sailors and Italian ...

OLD NEWS A strange item in the news section of the Lonely Planet website caught my eye recently. “New in Travel: first ever round-the-world cruise will visit 35 countries in 141 days”, announced the ...

Acclaimed British writer Alan Bleasdale (Boys From The Blackstuff; GBH) returns to the BBC with Laconia, a powerful new two-part drama for BBC Two based on factual accounts of the attack and sinking ...