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World Service,05 Jun 1998,27 mins

Sinking of The Lancastria

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An account of the loss of the troop ship in 1940 in which more people died than the combined total of deaths on the Titanic and the Lusitania. The former Cunard liner was carrying soldiers being evacuated away from St. Nazaire in France when it was attacked.

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