LAURENTIC   ( FIRST )

BUILT AS THE 'ALBERTA' AND LAUNCHED AS THE 'LAURENTIC' IN 1908. IN 1910 THE LAURENTIC CARRIED INSPECTOR DEW OF SCOTLAND YARD ACROSS THE ATLANTIC IN CHASE OF THE 'MONTROSE',WHICH WAS CARRYING THE NOW NOTORIOUS DR CRIPPEN AND HIS MISTRESS ETHEL LE NEVE.THE LAURENTIC REACHED THE ST.LAWRENCE BEFORE THE MONTROSE AND INSPECTOR DEW WAS WAITING FOR THE COUPLE AND ARRESTED THEM AND EVENTUALLY RETURNED THEM TO ENGLAND ON THE WHITE STAR VESSEL 'MEGANTIC'.LAURENTIC WAS SUNK OF NORTHERN IRELAND BY A MINE LAID BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.80 IN 1917,WITH THE LOSS OF 350 LIVES.AT THE TIME OF HER SINKING SHE WAS CARRYING ABOUT 5 MILLION POUNDS BULLION,MOST OF WHICH WAS RECOVERED AFTER WORLD WAR ONE ENDED.

RACER

THE TUG RACER FROM WHICH SALVAGE OPERATIONS/DIVING OPERATIONS WERE CO-ORDINATED

MONTROSE

MONTROSE THE CANADIAN PACIFIC VESSEL THAT DR CRIPPEN BOARDED TO ESCAPE FROM ENGLAND