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  1. The Sinking of the Laconia: With Andrew Buchan, Ken Duken, Lindsay Duncan, Thomas Kretschmann. Dramatisation of the true story of the sinking of the liner Laconia by a German U-boat in 1942 through the eyes of six survivors.

    • (1.2K)
    • 2011-01-05
    • Drama, History, War
    • Andrew Buchan, Ken Duken, Lindsay Duncan
  2. The Sinking of the Laconia is a two-part television film, first aired on 6 and 7 January 2011 on BBC Two, about the Laconia incident; the sinking of the British ocean liner RMS Laconia during World War II by a German U-boat, which then, together with three other U-boats and an Italian submarine, rescued the passengers but was in turn attacked ...

    • Drama
  3. This epic two-part drama tells the story of Hilda Smith, a German national fleeing Nazi Germany, Thomas Mortimer, an officer aboard The Laconia, and U-boat Captain Werner Hartenstein,...

  4. Aug 7, 2012 · In September 1942, at the height of WWII, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, unaware that it carried more than 2,000 passengers. What followed is a harrowing true story of heroism ...

    • 2 min
    • 72.8K
    • AcornMediaUS
  5. Jun 7, 2016 · On 12 September 1942, RMS Laconia under the command of Capt. Rudolph Sharp and carrying some 2,732 crew, passengers, soldiers and POWs, was torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-156 off the coast...

    • 86 min
    • 801.8K
    • Bretton Ferguson
  6. This epic two-part drama tells the story of Hilda Smith, a German national fleeing Nazi Germany, Thomas Mortimer, an officer aboard The Laconia, and U-boat Captain Werner Hartenstein, alongside the actions of the Germans, the British, and the Americans.

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  8. In September 1942, at the height of the battle for the Atlantic, a German U-boat torpedoed the RMS Laconia, sinking the British ship without knowing that it carried more than 2,000 passengers,...

    • 2 min
    • 16.2K
    • Acorn TV