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The German prison ship, Rigel,...

history · 27 November 1944 · 80 years ago

The German prison ship, Rigel, carrying 2,248 Soviet prisoners of war, was sunk in error by British carrier-borne aircraft off the coast of Norway. Only 415 survived. 

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