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R.M.S. Leinster

2008 is the 90th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster!


Commemorative postage stamp
On 30 May 2008 An Post (The Irish Post Office) will issue a stamp to commemorate the sinking.  For information, see page 13 on the following link:
http://www.irishstamps.ie/IrishStamps/downloads/CollectorsNewsIssue23.pdf
2008 An Post commemorative stamp
2008 AN Post stamp

90th Anniversary Commemoration
At noon on Friday 10 October 2008 an ecumenical commemorative service will be held in St. Michael’s (Roman Catholic) Church, Marine Road Dun Laoghaire, County Dublin to remember those who were lost on the “R.M.S. Leinster” and UB-123.

The Irish Times - October 11, 1918 - clipping on the Leinster singking
Clipping on the Leinster sinking; The Irish Times, October 11, 1918.


This site tells:

The Leinster sinking
The Leinster sinking

• Why the ship was sunk just a month from the end of World War 1.

• How the sinking jeopardized peace talks.

• Why, until recently, the sinking has been forgotten.

• How, in October 2003, the sinking was
finally remembered on both sides of the Irish Sea.


Continue reading about the sinking...

 




City of Dublin Steam Packet Company owned the R.M.S. Leinster

 
 

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