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Lancastria disaster memorial call

Relatives of victims of Britain's worst sea disaster are to campaign for a permanent memorial in Scotland. The Clyde-built Lancastria was carrying about 9,000 troops when it was sunk by German bombers off the coast of France in 1940 during a mass evacuation.

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