HMS Cheshire
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HMS Cheshire was a passenger ship that was built in Scotland in 1927 and scrapped in Wales in 1957. She belonged to Bibby Line, which ran passenger and cargo services between Rangoon in Burma and vari
HMS Cheshire in war service
The troopship Oronsay, which was damaged by an air attack and assisted by ships including Cheshire
SS Léopoldville (1928)
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SS Léopoldville was a 11,509 GRT passenger liner of the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. She was converted for use as a troopship in the Second World War, and on 24 December 1944, while sailing betw
HMS Cheshire
…for conversion into a troopship for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In the small hours of 24 December 1944 Cheshire and the Belgian troopship Léopoldville, escorted by four destroyers, left Southampton to cross the English Channel to Cherbourg. They carried the 262nd and 264th regiments, which were part…
Léopoldville
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick signing legislation in 2007 to recognize December 24 as an annual day of remembrance in the state of the SS Léopoldville's sinking