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Events on Monday 17 June 1940 1
1940Sinking of RMS LancastriaBritain's worst maritime disasterOn 17 June German aircraft sank the troopship Lancastria off Saint-Nazaire while it was evacuating British troops and civilians from France. At least 3,000 people died, and some estimates are far higher. Churchill suppressed news of the disaster at the time.