- RMS
Lancastria was a
British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK
Government during the
Second World War. She was sunk on 17 June 1940
during Operation...
- The RMS
Lancastria was a
British navy ship sunk in 1940 with the loss of
about 4000 lives.
Lancastria may also
refer to:
Lancastria, a
British Rail class...
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ships in the
Loire estuary,
sinking the
Cunard liner and
troopship HMT
Lancastria which was
carrying thousands of troops, RAF
personnel and civilians. The...
- took part in the
rescue of p****engers and crew from the
bombing of RMS
Lancastria in the
estuary of the
River Loire during Operation Aerial. The ship's...
-
aboard the Clyde-built
cruise liner,
later converted to troopship, RMS
Lancastria,
which was
attacked and sunk by
German Junkers Ju 88 bombers,
mainly from...
-
Holden also
learned that her
grandfather Frank Holden was
aboard the RMS
Lancastria when it was
bombed by the
Wehrmacht in June 1940
outside the port of Saint-Nazaire...
-
United States:
Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 9780395715567. "Survivor of
Lancastria sinking calls for remembrance". BBC News. 9 July 2010.
Retrieved 14 February...
- of the war. Over 3,000
people were lost when the
converted troopship Lancastria was sunk in June 1940, the
greatest maritime disaster in Britain's history...
-
Kampfgeschwader 30 – sank a "10,000 tonne ship", the 16,243 GRT
liner RMS
Lancastria off St Nazaire,
killing about 4,000
Allied troops and civilians. This...
- 9
January 2012. "
Lancastria plaque unveiled".
Archived from the
original on 3
October 2013.
Retrieved 27
September 2013.
Lancastria victims remembered...
