MV Empire Windrush
HMT Empire Windrush, originally MV Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930. During the 1930s, she operated as a German cruise ship under the name Monte Rosa. During World War II, she was operated by the German navy as a troopship. She was acquired by the United Kingdom as a prize of war at the end of the war and renamed Empire Windrush. In British service, she continued to be used mainly as a troopship until March 1954, when the vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew.
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MV Empire Windrush
HMT Empire Windrush, originally MV Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930. During the 1930s, she operated as a German cruise ship under the name Monte Rosa. During World War II, she was operated by the German navy as a troopship. She was acquired by the United Kingdom as a prize of war at the end of the war and renamed Empire Windrush. In British service, she continued to be used mainly as a troopship until March 1954, when the vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew.
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HMT Empire Windrush, originall ...... to as the Windrush generation.
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La Empire Windrush era una nav ...... ivo degli Indiani Occidentali.
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Le MV Empire Windrush est un n ...... ai 1945 comme prise de guerre.
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1954-03-30
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1930-12-04
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Sank after catching fire
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*German Official Number 1640
*Code Letters RHWF
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*'Hamburg Süd
*Kriegsmarine
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*Ministry of War Transport
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*7,788 Net tonnage
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HMT Empire Windrush, originall ...... ea with the loss of four crew.
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La Empire Windrush era una nav ...... po la Seconda guerra mondiale.
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Le MV Empire Windrush est un n ...... ès la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
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Empire Windrush
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MV Empire Windrush
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MV Empire Windrush
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HMT Empire Windrush
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MVMonte Rosa (1930–1947)
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