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The story of the Darkdale Part 3
Darkdale remembered Ten years after writing about the sinking of the British oil tanker Darkdale and tragic deaths of the majority of its crew in Jamestown harbour, St Helena during World War II, my hope that some mark of remembrance…
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The story of the ‘Darkdale’ – Part 2 “A Sitting Duck”
On an October night almost seventy eight years ago, the small island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic, was shaken by a series of explosions. Some residents in the lower part of Jamestown, the island’s only town and port, were…
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The story of the ‘Darkdale’
The following story is a very moving account of the sinking of the tanker ‘RFA Darkdale’ off Saint Helena on the early morning 22nd October 1941, it is told by Arthur ‘Steve’ Stevens a native of Saint Helena, who served…
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The story of the Darkdale Part 3
Darkdale remembered Ten years after writing about the sinking of the British oil tanker Darkdale and tragic deaths of the majority of its crew in Jamestown harbour, St Helena during…
View moreThe story of the ‘Darkdale’ – Part 2 “A Sitting Duck”
On an October night almost seventy eight years ago, the small island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic, was shaken by a series of explosions. Some residents in the lower…
View moreThe story of the ‘Darkdale’
The following story is a very moving account of the sinking of the tanker ‘RFA Darkdale’ off Saint Helena on the early morning 22nd October 1941, it is told by…
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