27 mai 1936
Reino Unido
Reino Unido
- The transatlantic ocean liner RMS Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, departing from Southampton, England, United Kingdom. Converted into a troopship in World War II she would carry thousands of American troops across to Europe. ww2dbase [Queen Mary | Southampton, England | AC]
11 mai 1940
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Reino Unido
- Isaac Sweers arrived at the Thorneycroft shipyard in Southampton, England, United Kingdom by tow. ww2dbase [Isaac Sweers | Southampton, England | CPC]
24 jul 1940
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Reino Unido
- 1,277 French Navy sailors captured by the British on 3 Jul departed Southampton, England, United Kingdom aboard French passenger liner Meknes for Marseille in southern France for repatriation. At 2230 hours, German torpedo boat S-27 fired a torpedo at the French ship off the northern Brittany coast in the English Channel despite her displays of neutrality, killing 416. British destroyers HMS Viscount, HMS Wolverine, HMS Sabre, and HMS Shikari rescued the survivors. ww2dbase [Southampton, England | TH]
30 nov 1940
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Reino Unido
- Southampton, England, United Kingdom was bombed by 128 German bombers during the night causing extensive damage along the High Street and main shopping area. One bomb fell into an air-raid shelter killing all but three of the twenty-eight people taking shelter within. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | Southampton, England | AC]
17 abr 1942
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Reino Unido
- German bombers attacked Southampton, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | Southampton, England | CPC]
- 18-year-old Private Nora Cleveney, of the British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service, became the first British female soldier to be killed on active service when a German bomb fell close to where she was stationed as an enemy plane spotter near Southampton, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Southampton, England | AC]
21 jun 1942
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Reino Unido
- 50 German Luftwaffe aircraft conducted a raid on Southampton, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Battle of Britain | Southampton, England | TH, CPC]
7 jul 1944
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Reino Unido
- German III/KG3 mounted a V-1 flying bomb assault on England, United Kingdom from their base in Rosières, France. Two of the Heinkel He.111 bombers collided on the runway during take off resulting in the death of one of the air crew. The night fighter Mosquito aircraft of 418 Squadron (RCAF) shot down 13 of the bombs mostly over the English Channel. One of the bombs that got through landed in Southampton, causing little damage. No. 91 Squadron RAF flying from their base at RAF Deanland shot down 12 flying bombs whilst No. 3 Squadron's Tempest V fighters brought down another. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | Southampton, England | AC, HM]
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