- RMS Alaunia
RMS "Alaunia" was a
ocean liner owned byCunard Line . It was built in 1913 at Greenrock and weighed 13,405 tons gross.citeweb|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/222124432.html?dids=222124432:222124432&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Oct+20%2C+1916&author=Special+Cable+to+The+Christian+Science+Monitor+from+its+European+Bureau&pub=Christian+Science+Monitor&desc=ALAUNIA+SUNK%2C+PASSENGERS+AND+163+OF+CREW+SAFE&pqatl=google|format=HTML|accessdate=2007-10-05|title=ALAUNIA SUNK, PASSENGERS AND 163 OF CREW SAFE|date=20 October 1916|work=The Christian Science Monitor] The liner was sunk duringWorld War I by a mine on 19 October 1916 off ofHastings ,East Sussex .citeweb|url=http://www.shipwrecksofscotland.com/wrecks.htm|format=HTML|title=RMS Aluania] Despite the sinking of the vessel, only two crew members were lost. cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9903E5DC143BE633A25752C2A9669D946796D6CF|format=HTML|title=Two Lost On The Alaunia|work=The New York Times|accessdate=2007-10-05|date=21 October 1916]References
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