<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw7g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a about="#mwt42" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"RMS","href":"./Template:RMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Lancastria"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lancastria" id="mw7w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="RMS Lancastria" typeof="mw:Transclusion">RMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Lancastria</i></a> is attacked and sunk by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftwaffe" id="mw8A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Nazaire" id="mw8Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Saint-Nazaire">Saint-Nazaire</a>, France. At least 3,000 are killed in Britain's worst maritime disaster.<sup about="#mwt46" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"}}' id="cite_ref-7" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./June_17#cite_note-7" id="mw8g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 7;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw8w">[7]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-7"><cite about="#mwt43" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBxU"><a class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-57611470" id="mwBxY" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Lancastria: Service for Britain's worst maritime disaster"</a>. <i id="mwBxc">BBC News</i>. 2021-06-27<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBxg">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBxk">27 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt43" class="Z3988" id="mwBxo" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=BBC+News&amp;rft.atitle=Lancastria%3A+Service+for+Britain%27s+worst+maritime+disaster&amp;rft.date=2021-06-27&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-england-merseyside-57611470&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJune+17"></span></span>