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Manuell Alvarez

Rexistrau: 14 Xun 2011 Mensaxes: 238
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Publicao: Sab Mar 09, 2019 8:27 pm Asuntu: RMS Asturias and HMHS Asturias |
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On the Wikipedia internet site, there are the stories of two ships that were built in Belfast Ireland and were named after the Principality of Asturias. The RMS Asturias was an ocean mail liner that was converted into an armed merchant cruiser during World War II and was torpedoed in 1943; however, it still sailed until it was scrapped in 1957.
The HMHS Asturias was a royal mail packet ship built in 1908 and during World War I was converted into a hospital ship. It was finally scrapped in Japan in 1933.
These stories are interesting, and have made me wonder why these British ships were named after Asturias? |
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Marta Elena Díaz García Moderator

Rexistrau: 07 Set 2003 Mensaxes: 374 Llugar: Molleda. Corvera de Asturias
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Manuell Alvarez

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Publicao: Dom Mar 10, 2019 8:03 pm Asuntu: |
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Hi, Marta,
Thank you for posting the information and photos of the Principe de Asturias. The sinking was quite a tragedy and loss of life. It split apart and the passengers and crew below deck had no chance of survival.
There was also an aircraft carrier in the Spanish Navy named the Principe of Asturias which was decommissioned and sold for scrap in 2013. On the internet there is a photo of the carrier participating in NATO exercises with two US and one British carrier. I am not sure if it has been replaced with another ship named after the Principality.
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