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Laconia incident

Sinking of British troopship and attempted rescue of survivors by German submarines during World War II
Event friendly_fire Q704361
Laconia incident

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
friendly fire, sinking[2]
Location
Atlantic Ocean[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -5.000°, -9.000°[5]
Participant
U-156[6]
Point in time
September 12, 1942[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Laconia incident cs Incident Laconia de Laconia-Zwischenfall de Laconia-Befehl es RMS Laconia es Hundimiento del RMS Laconia es El drama del "Laconia" es HMS Laconia es Hundimiento del "Laconia" fi Laconian tapaus fr affaire du Laconia he תקרית לאקוניה hu Laconia-incidens id Insiden Laconia it Affondamento del Laconia it Incidente del Laconia ja ラコニア号事件 nl Laconia-bevel nl Laconia-incident pl Incydent Laconii
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/04q08
NE.se ID
laconia-affären

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Instance of 1
occurrence
Location 1
Atlantic Ocean
Participant 1
U-156
← Participated in conflict 1
U-156
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Summary

Laconia incident is a friendly fire[1].

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Point in time → —
    Participant → U-156
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    Instance of → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Instance of: friendly fire"
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