RMS Lancastria
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RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the Government of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. She was sunk on 17 June 1940 during Operation Aerial. Having received an eme
A postcard of RMS Lancastria from 1927
Launch of the Tyrrhenia at William Beardmore & Company Ltd. on the 31st May, 1920.
RMS Lancastria (centre) at Funchal, Madeira, c. 1930.
British troops evacuated from Norway on Lancastria, April 1940
Laconia incident
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The Laconia incident was a series of events surrounding the sinking of a British passenger ship in the Atlantic Ocean on 12 September 1942, during World War II, and a subsequent aerial attack on Germa
RMS Lancastria
…machine-gunning men in the water." Rudolph Sharp survived the sinking and went on to command the RMS Laconia, losing his life on 12 September 1942 in the Laconia incident off West Africa. There were 2,477 survivors, of whom about 100 were still alive in 2011. Many families of the dead knew only that they died with the…
U-156 (foreground) and U-507 pick up Laconia survivors on 15 September, three days after the attack
Laconia on a Cunard Line postcard c. 1921
Laconia's armament, such as this BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun, made her a legitimate target
Rescued British Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen and Merchant Seamen; on the French warship Gloire by Edward Bawden