SS Yoma
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SS Yoma was a British passenger liner that served as a troop ship in the Second World War. She was built in Scotland in 1928, and from then until 1940 Yoma ran a regular route between Glasgow in Scotland and Rangoon in Burma via Liverpool, Palma, Marseille and Egypt. She became a troop ship in 1941 and was sunk with great loss of life in the Mediterranean in 1943.
HMAS Lismore, one of the Royal Australian Navy corvettes that rescued survivors
HMAS Gawler, the other Australian corvette that took part in the rescue
German submarine U-81 (1941)
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German submarine U-81 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the navy (Kriegsmarine) of Nazi Germany during World War II, famous for sinking the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.
U-81
HMS Legion moves alongside the damaged and listing HMS Ark Royal to take off survivors