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Stanbrook, formerly known as Lancer in 1909
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The Stanbrook, formerly known as Lancer, was a steamship of the British merchant navy famous for the heroic action of its captain, Archibald Dickson, who decided to save Spanish Republican families trapped in the port of Alicante on March 28, 1939, at the end of the Spanish Civil War.
The ship was torpedoed in the North Sea by the Nazis six months after this episode, with Captain Archibald Dickson on board.
Archibald Dickson, hero of WWII
See also
In Spanish: Stanbrook para niños
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