When the British troop ship 'Lancastria' was sunk in June 1940, some 5,000 people died - but news of the disaster was kept from the British public. Raye Dancocks explains how this has meant that the ...

The worst British maritime disaster - the sinking of the RMS Lancastria in June 1940 - is one of the lesser-known of our national tragedies. It remains one of the largest losses of life from a single ...

While the Lancastria disaster was hushed up for many years after World War II, the courage of these two chaplains could not be contained. ABOVE: An image from the movie ‘Dunkirk’, via IMDB.com. BELOW: ...

The Government has been urged to do more to recognise the lives lost in Britain's worst maritime disaster. The HMT Lancastria troop ship was thought to be carrying more than 6,000 servicemen and ...

It was the worst disaster in British maritime history, but remains largely unknown. The sinking of the Lancastria with 4000 deaths on June 17, 1940, was the biggest single loss of life for British ...

Germany’s score for ruthlessness mounted last week in the accounts of two major ship sinkings, one old, one new: Six weeks old was the hitherto censored story of the 16,243-ton Cunarder Lancastria.

Early in 1940 at the age of 34, my father embarked for France with the BEF. Shortly after, all communication from him ceased and at the time of Dunkirk he was reported missing. At the end of June, my ...

A SERVICE is planned today to mark 75 years since thousands lost their lives in Britain’s worst maritime disaster. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited ...

It was the largest loss of life in British maritime history, with more lives lost than in the Titanic and Lusitania disasters combined. It was also the largest loss of life from a single engagement ...