Bonjour,
En fait plusieurs journaux britanniques dès juillet 1940 en parlent
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Ici le texte du Scotsman du 26 juillet 1940
"FRIDAY 26 JULY, 1940
Sinking of the Lancastria: 2500 Known to be Saved
Nearly 2500 are known to have been saved – and more may be in enemy hands – from a total of 5300 aboard the transport Lancastria, which, it was admitted in London yesterday, was sunk on June 17 by the enemy during the evacuation of the B.E.F. from France.
The Lancastria, a Cunard-White Star liner, was lying at St Nazaire and was about to weigh anchor when the Nazi bombers launched their attack. After half an hour’s ineffectual bombing she was hit by a salvo, took on a heavy list, capsized and sank.
As the ship went down Tommies sang “Roll out the barrel” and “There’ll always be an England.”
Women and child evacuees, of which there were a number in the ship, jumped overboard – the heavy list hampering the launching of the lifeboats – only to be machine-gunned by the raiders.
The majority of survivors were picked up small craft which were engaged in ferrying other personnel from the docks to troop-ships. Some, however, managed to swim and wade ashore in the shallow water. Two thousand four hundred and seventy-seven survivors are known to have been picked up, but it is possible that the actual number may have been larger, and that others may have made their way ashore and have fallen into enemy hands. There is great difficulty in estimating what are the exact figures in view of the difficult circumstances under which evacuation was taking place. Survivors all paid tribute to the magnificent courage displayed by the ship’s crew and all ranks at the time the ship was struck."
Didier