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French ship Poitiers, sailing...

history · 16 September 1940 · 85 years ago

French ship Poitiers, sailing from Libreville, French Equatorial Africa to Dakar, was intercepted by British cruiser HMS Cumberland. After taking the entire crew aboard, HMS Cumberland sank Poitiers by gunfire. 

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