Laconia (disambiguation)

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Laconia or Lakonia may refer to:

  • Laconia, the Bronx, a neighborhood in The Bronx, NY, United States
  • Laconia, a region of Greece
  • Laconia, Indiana, United States
  • Laconia, New Hampshire, United States
  • Laconia, Tennessee, United States
  • Either of three ships named Laconia or Lakonia:
    • RMS Laconia (1911), 1911–1917, ocean liner and armed merchant ship, sunk in WW I by a German U-boat
    • RMS Laconia (1921), 1921–1942, British ocean liner and troop ship, sunk in WW II while carrying civilians and Italian POWs by a German U-boat; the attacking U-boat and other U-boats joined it to rescue survivors but then themselves came under attack from American bomber planes and abandoned the rescue
    • TSMS Lakonia, 1929–1963, ocean liner and troop ship, evacuated while on fire during a cruise in 1963, sunk seven days later while being towed to Gibraltar
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