Sunday, July 17, 2016

40-6-17 RMS Lancastria

RMS Lancastria sinking of St Nazaire, June 17, 1940 .

RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK Government during World War II. She was sunk on 17 June 1940 during Operation Ariel. Having received an emergency order to evacuate British nationals and troops in excess of its capacity of 1,300 passengers, modern estimates range between 3,000 and 5,800 fatalities—the largest single-ship loss of life in British maritime history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria#Sinking

Troopship sinkings:
SS Oronsay was a British ocean liner and World War II troopship. She was sunk by an Italian submarine on 9 October 1942.

Troopships that survived:
Post-war RMS Cameronia was used to transport people emigrating to Australia.

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