751343 Hugh Thomas Craig
Steward
The Mercantile Marine Reserve.
H.M.S. "Laurentic"
Aged 32.
Son of John and Jane Craig.
Husband of Lily Craig, of Bangor Arms Hotel, Killough, Co. Down.
HMS Laurentic was a passenger ship of the White Star Line, which was requisitioned as a troop carrying ship for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces at the beginning of World War 1.
She was converted into a defensively armed merchant ship. She hit two mines when near Lough Swilly, Donegal, and sank within an hour.
There were 474 onboard, of whom only 121 survived.
751343 Hugh Thomas Craig
Steward
The Mercantile Marine Reserve.
H.M.S. "Laurentic"
Aged 32.
Son of John and Jane Craig.
Husband of Lily Craig, of Bangor Arms Hotel, Killough, Co. Down.
HMS Laurentic was a passenger ship of the White Star Line, which was requisitioned as a troop carrying ship for the Canadian Expeditionary Forces at the beginning of World War 1.
She was converted into a defensively armed merchant ship. She hit two mines when near Lough Swilly, Donegal, and sank within an hour.
There were 474 onboard, of whom only 121 survived.
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