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From: "Peter Gardner" <>
Subject: [Mar] Fw: Question about a ship...
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:51:11 +0100
References: <05de01c41c7c$87d481f0$53e886d9@finch96fpe5ia0> <023801c41c97$86124440$9400a8c0@vic.bigpond.net.au>


However, Lisbon is in Portugal....

regards

Peter Gardner

----- Original Message -----
From: "bob cunning" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Mar] Fw: Question about a ship...


> I'm in agreement Ted. Spain was neutral in WW@ and certainly was not
bombed.
> Cheers, Bob in Australia
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Finch" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 6:44 PM
> Subject: [Mar] Fw: Question about a ship...
>
>
> Hi List,
>
> I have received this query, but as far as I know, the Luftwaffe never
bombed
> Lisbon - or am I wrong? Can anyone throw any light on this query please?
>
> Ted
>
> . My niece and I are looking for >a ship that was
> > bombarded in the port of Lisbon on 1941.
> >
> > >My mother, a Spanish republican, had bought a ticket in >Geneva for a
> > ship that should live from Lisbon to New York. >A few days before the
> > departure of the ship (or maybe the >night before) the ship was
> > bombarded in port by the Germans. >I've known that all my life from all
> > she told us about her >whereabouts during the Spanish Civil War, but I
> > never >retained the name of the ship.
> >
> > >Two years ago, less than a year before she passed away, my >mother had
> > long chat with my niece about her complicated >exodus (my niece is
> > studying History and she is preparing a >work about my mother's life).
> > During the interview, my >mother mentioned the "Serpa Pinto" ship as the
> > one >bombarded, but we have looked all the sites about this ship >and no
> > one talks about a bombing. We suppose that maybe my >mother mixed up the
> > names.
> >
> > >We'll really appreciate if you could help us to find out >what ship was
> > the one bombarded in the port of Lisbon, >between May and October 1941.
> >
> > >Thanking you in advance for your kind help, I remind
> >
> > >Yours truly
> >
> > >Helen Contreras Chacel
> >
> > __
> > Sano ei kuukausimaksuille. Hanki Suomen ainoa aidosti
> > kuukausimaksuton GSM-liittymä osoitteesta http://www.saunalahti.fi
>
> __
> Sano ei kuukausimaksuille. Hanki Suomen ainoa aidosti
> kuukausimaksuton GSM-liittymä osoitteesta http://www.saunalahti.fi
>
>
>
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