[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"event-plain-sinking-of-the-rms-leinster":3},"On October 10, 1918, the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company's RMS Leinster was torpedoed by a German U-boat one hour out of Kingstown\u002FDún Laoghaire. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 501 of the 771 people on board, many of whom were soldiers. This tragic event occurred just over a month before the end of World War I and remains one of the greatest maritime disasters in Irish history. The loss of life had a profound impact on communities across Ireland and beyond.",1789333839217]