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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Albert Owen (Labour), on Wednesday, 10 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 21 members in total.


CENTENARY OF THE SINKING OF THE RMS LEINSTER

That this House notes that 10 October 2018 marks the centenary of the sinking of RMS Leinster, a vessel operated by the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company, which served as the Kingstown, DĂșn Laoghaire to Holyhead mailboat, and was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB123 on 10 October 1918 while bound for the Welsh port of Holyhead; recognises that over 500 people, crew and passengers perished making it the greatest loss of life on the Irish Sea; and pays tribute to British and Irish seafarers for their efforts in keeping the UK's merchant trade links and with port communities across the world open, in often conditions in both in both war and peacetime.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1674 
Session
2017-19
Other sponsors
Stephen Pound
Gregory Campbell
Alistair Carmichael
Jim Shannon
Stephen Kerr
Subjects
Cultural heritage Shipping
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk