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To: Jane Long

That was the French battleship Bourrasque that was sunk on May 30, 1940, while evacuating Dunkirk.

The majority you see here were saved but many died in the water as depth charges went off as the ship sank.

I recently studied this incident after having read "Atonement" by Ian McEwan.

17 posted on 08/15/2021 9:40:52 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)

To: SamAdams76

French Destroyer NOT Battleship

47 posted on 08/15/2021 4:29:28 PM PDT by bravo whiskey (Count Rostov "The tyranny of indistinguishable days.")

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