<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwrA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Laconia_(1921)" id="mwrQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="RMS Laconia (1921)">RMS <i id="mwrg">Laconia</i></a>, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner_of_war" id="mwrw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Prisoner of war">POWs</a> is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia_incident" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laconia incident">torpedoed</a> off the coast of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Africa" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="West Africa">West Africa</a> and sinks with a heavy loss of life.