Episode 110 - HMT Aragon
Beyond the Breakers
English - July 06, 2023 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 77 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Documentary shipwrecks maritime history transportation shipping great lakes ocean accidents shipwreck disasters Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we have a WWI story in the Mediterranean with the sinking of HMT Aragon off of Alexandria, Egypt.
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"Aragon." The Yard, http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=367
"Chaplain recalls torpedoed ship drama." The Luton New, 31 Jan 1918. http://www.worldwar1luton.com/blog-entry/chaplain-recalls-torpedoed-ships-drama
"The British Ship HMT Aragon." The University of Newcastle, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/101374?keywords=
"The Forgotten Ally: Japanese escorts in the First World War." https://thewellingtontrust.wordpress.com/
"The sinking of the S.S. Aragon, 30th December 1917." The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War, http://bedfordregiment.org.uk/5thbn/ssaragon.html