ABSTRACT
L aconia Order The Laconia Order was issued by Grand Admiral Karl Donitz (q.v.) after U-156 sank the Laconia, a 19,695-ton British troop ship, on 12 September 1942. On discovering that the Laconia\&& carried 1,800 Italian prisoners of war, the submarine be gan recovering victims and called for assistance. During the rescue operation Allied aircraft bombed U-156without success.
