SS Laurentic was a British transatlantic ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast and launched in 1908. She was ordered in 1907 with her sister Megantic by the Dominion Line but completed for the White Star Line, and her regular route was between Liverpool and Quebec City. She was built as a full-scale experiment in propulsion: three screws, with four-cylinder triple expansion engines driving the port and starboard screws and their exhaust steam driving a low-pressure steam turbine on the middle screw, an arrangement later specified for the Olympic-class liners. In 1911 she set a westbound record for the Liverpool to Montreal run. In 1917 two German mines sank her off the north coast of Ireland while she carried gold bars, and her wreck is protected by Irish law.
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SS Laurentic was a British transatlantic ocean liner built in Belfast, Ireland, and launched in 1908.
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She is an early example of a ship whose propulsion combined reciprocating steam engines with a low-pressure steam turbine.
Career, status
In 1917 two German mines sank Laurentic off the northern coast of Ireland.
Construction
In 1907 Dominion Line responded by ordering a pair of liners from Harland & Wolff.
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SS Laurentic was a British transatlantic ocean liner built in Belfast, Ireland, and launched in 1908.
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SS Laurentic was a British transatlantic ocean liner built in Belfast, Ireland, and launched in 1908.
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