Thirty Coal Ships Escape
A dramatic sidelight to the fall of France, disclosed recently, was the odyssey of a motley fleet of 30-odd British coal ships which steamed out of French ports the day the French armistice was requested and came across the Atlantic with their milliondollar cargo, states the “Christian Science Monitor.” All but one of the vessels, unconvoyed and with but little food aboard, reached Canada safely. They ranged from ocean-going craft to tiny coastal colliers which had never seen anything bigger than the English Channel. The story was told by the Canadian Wartime Price and Trade Board after it disposed of the coal.
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Northern Advocate, 3 January 1941, Page 2
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