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
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
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
SS Léopoldville (1928)
…four escorts; the destroyers HMS Brilliant and HMS Anthony, the frigate HMS Hotham, and the French frigate Croix de Lorraine, and another troopship, Cheshire. Léopoldville was within five miles from the coast of Cherbourg at 17:54 when one of two torpedoes launched by U-486 struck the starboard side aft and…
HMS Cheshire in war service
The troopship Oronsay, which was damaged by an air attack and assisted by ships including Cheshire