Ship which defied Nazi U-boats is scrapped

(Images courtesy of Daily mail/Liverpool Echo)

A ship which defied the terror of the Nazi U-Boats to transport vital resources around Britain has been destroyed and will be replaced with a slavery reflection room.

Built in 1917, the De Wadden ferried coal and food through the Irish Sea to southern England between 1939 and 1945 while Hitler’s infamous submarines lurked under the waves.

Maritime historians have condemned the decision, branding it an ‘abomination’ to the memory of the seafarers who bravely crewed the vessel during the Second World War.

Full Daily Mail Story – HERE

Malcolm says: I always get upset when any ship is scrapped. I try my best to make this blog about ships, rather than politics, but of course politics affects everything. Liverpool already has a very good International Slavery Museum, nearby to the former location of the De Wadden. I visited the museum on a Saturday, a few years ago. Very few people we in it, at the time. It hardly appears to be a big attraction, so do we need more of the same? Preserving history is never going to be cheap. The cost should not be the main criteria, in my opinion. It just sounds like more ridiculous “wokery” to me.