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World War Two / Died at Sea
« on: Tuesday 09 December 14 17:43 GMT (UK) »
9th December the Italian Transport "Jason" (Sebastiano Venier) carrying 2,000 Commonwealth POW was torpedoed by a British Submarine of Cape Methoni, Greece.
She wasn't sunk but was reversed over the shoal onto Rocks in the shallow waters.
The dead from the ship and those washed ashore were buried for the most part in a mass grave.
Unfortunately the soil had a large Lime composition so when Searcher parties had the grave opened for re-burial years later almost all were unidentifiable.
She wasn't sunk but was reversed over the shoal onto Rocks in the shallow waters.
The dead from the ship and those washed ashore were buried for the most part in a mass grave.
Unfortunately the soil had a large Lime composition so when Searcher parties had the grave opened for re-burial years later almost all were unidentifiable.