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On Mon. 26 Feb 1940 Newly-constructed British large passenger liner Qu.....

1940-02-26

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Newly-constructed British large passenger liner Queen Elizabeth left Clydeside, Glasgow, Scotland on the spring tide. To prevent German attack, false intelligence regarding her destination being Southampton in southern England was generated, but her actual destination was New York in the United States. She would reach New York for her final fitting.

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