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Seeking information about passenger ship Lancastria lost June 17, 1940

Hello
 
I am an inhabitant of saint nazaire in France, I am a captain on one harbour vessel and I always frequent a place or am flowed on June 17, 1940 a passenger ship Lancastria, there were about 6000 deaths this vessel in summer bombarded by German during the evacuation of France;

So I am in search of testimonies on the wreck of Lancastria as well as of testimonies of the vessels which were on the zone on June 17, 1940 in saint's wide nazaire such as Oronsay, HMS CAMBRIDGESHIRE, HMS HAVELOCK, HMS HIGHLANDER, HMS PUNJABI, HMS VANOC, Oracle, Oriel window, Oronsay, John Holt, Robert L Holt, City of Lancaster, Baharistan, Clan Ferguson, Floristan, Ulster Prince, Mobile City of, Cymbula, Fabian, Glenaffric, I know that it is very hard to find this kind {*genre*} of testimonies at the moment I have just testimonies of Lancastria, it makes 10 years when I examine but it is not easy to find, by hoping that I did not disturb{*disorder*} you I thank you for having read

M Beaujuge Y
 
bonjour
 
je suis un habitant de saint nazaire en france, je suis capitaine sur une navire portuaire et je fréquente toujours un endroit ou est coulé le 17 juin 1940 un paquebot Le Lancastria , il y a eu environ 6000 morts ce navire à été bombardé par les allemands lors de l'évacuation de la france;
donc je suis à la recherche de témoignages sur le naufrage du Lancastria ainsi que des témoignages des navires qui se trouvaient sur la zone le 17 juin 1940 au large de saint nazaire tel que l'Oronsay,  HMS Cambridgeshire, HMS Havelock, HMS Highlander, HMS Punjabi, HMS Vanoc, Oracle, Oriel, Oronsay, John Holt, Robert L Holt, City of Lancaster, Baharistan, Clan Ferguson, Floristan, Ulster Prince, City of Mobile, Cymbula, Fabian, Glenaffric, je sais que c'est très dur de trouver ce genre de témoignages pour l'instant j'ai juste des témoignages du Lancastria, cela fait 10 ans que je fais des recherches mais c'est pas facile de trouver , en espérant que je ne vous ai pas dérangé je vous remercie de m'avoir lu

m Beaujuge Y

Hello,

Responding to your E-Mail, here are some details about the sinking of Lancastria, that you may not have seen.

Regards,
Mackenzie Gregory.

 


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