Search

Home > Witness > The Sinking of the Lancastria
Podcast: Witness
Episode:

The Sinking of the Lancastria
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:10:14
Publish Date: 2017-06-16 02:50:00
Description: On 17 June 1940, a packed British troopship was sunk off the coast of France by German bombers. The ship had just picked up thousands of British military personnel left behind in France after the evacuation of the army at Dunkirk. It's believed around 5,000 people lost their lives. It was one of the worst maritime disasters in British history and news of the sinking was initially supressed in Britain. Alex Last spoke to 99-year-old Ernest Beesley, a sapper in the Royal Engineers, who is among the last survivors of the Lancastria. Photo: The Lancastria after being hit by German bombers off the coast of France in 1940 (Lancastria Association of Scotland)
Total Play: 0

Users also like

100+ Episodes
Witness: Wit .. 40+     20+
30+ Episodes
Superhuman E .. 500+     50+
700+ Episodes
Intelligence .. 200+     40+
40+ Episodes
Bhagavad Git .. 60+     20+

Some more Podcasts by BBC

100+ Episodes
Desert Islan .. 200+     9
30+ Episodes
Sport and th .. 20+     4
100+ Episodes
Desert Islan .. 20+     1
20+ Episodes
The Leisure .. 8     1
200+ Episodes
Desert Islan .. 400+     10+
20+ Episodes
Desert Islan .. 10+     3
600+ Episodes
Beti a'i Pho .. 20+     2
7 Episodes
WW2: War and .. 70+     30+