Word: lancastria
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lancastria, Meknès Down
...weeks old was the hitherto censored story of the 16,243-ton Cunarder Lancastria. She was sunk in mid-June off the French harbor of Saint-Nazaire just after embarking 5,000 British troops and a sprinkling of refugee women & children for evacuation to England. Nine Stukas dived on her, three at a time. The first two waves missed. The third connected, but none of the three planes came out of its dive. All crashed into the sea. One bomb went down the Lancastrians funnel. The liner heeled over, trapping hundreds of victims below decks. The water was filled with...
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