Saint-Nazaire
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Saint-Nazaire is a port town and commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France, in traditional Brittany.
Avenue de la République
View of the "New Entrance" locks gates to Port Saint-Nazaire towards the Loire River
Modern day view of the Kriegsmarine Saint-Nazaire submarine base 47°16′32″N 2°12′08″W / 47.27556°N 2.20222°W / 47.27556; -2.20222
The Hôtel de Ville
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
Saint-Nazaire
…Renshaw Starr. On 17 June 1940 an estimated 9,000 British Army soldiers were embarked 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 Kampfgeschwader 30, taking with her around 4,000 victims. This is the worst…
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