Post by KG on Jun 26, 2018 0:30:44 GMT
New Canadian opera recalls wartime tragedy at sea.
Chance encounters can turn into deep experiences.
The hospital ship Llandovery Castle was clearly marked,
but that didn't save it from attack in the summer of 1918. (Paul Wilson)
On June 27, 100 years ago, less than five months before the end of the
First World War, a German submarine torpedoed a Canadian hospital ship
bound for Liverpool off the southern coast of Ireland.
The submarine’s captain thought the Llandovery Castle, clearly showing
its Red Cross markings, was transporting troops and materiel. As the ship
sank, he saw from the lifeboats that there really had been nurses and
wounded soldiers on-board. He decided to turn his U-boat’s machine guns
on these survivors so there wouldn’t be any witnesses to his mistake.
Fortunately, there were just enough survivors to tell the tale.
LINK
Chance encounters can turn into deep experiences.
The hospital ship Llandovery Castle was clearly marked,
but that didn't save it from attack in the summer of 1918. (Paul Wilson)
On June 27, 100 years ago, less than five months before the end of the
First World War, a German submarine torpedoed a Canadian hospital ship
bound for Liverpool off the southern coast of Ireland.
The submarine’s captain thought the Llandovery Castle, clearly showing
its Red Cross markings, was transporting troops and materiel. As the ship
sank, he saw from the lifeboats that there really had been nurses and
wounded soldiers on-board. He decided to turn his U-boat’s machine guns
on these survivors so there wouldn’t be any witnesses to his mistake.
Fortunately, there were just enough survivors to tell the tale.
LINK