HMS Curacoa (D41)
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HMS Curacoa was a World War I light cruiser of the "C" class, named after the island in the Caribbean Sea more usually spelled Curaçao. She became one of the major accidental losses of the Royal Navy during World War II.
On 2 October 1942 she was accidentally rammed by the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary. There were 338 deaths, and the cruiser sank, having been torn in half by the collision.
[edit] Further reading
- D. Thomas, Patrick Homes, P Holmes - "Queen Mary" and the Cruiser: "Curacoa" Disaster (1997) ISBN 0-85052-548-9
- Jane's Fighting Ships of WWII
- The Pessimist's Guide to History, Stuart and Doris Flexner, 1992
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