Template:Did you know nominations/SS Patria (1913)

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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 23:55, 10 March 2013 (UTC).

SS Patria (1913)

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... that when the British authorities attempted to deport Jewish refugees in Palestine to Mauritius aboard the SS Patria in 1940, the paramilitary organization Haganah sank the ship with a bomb?

Created by Motacilla (talk). Nominated by Carabinieri (talk) at 02:25, 4 March 2013 (UTC).

Age = 2 days at nomination. Article size = 4414 bytes. Within policy.
Hook = 194 characters and interesting; might be burying the lead? Maybe

ALT1: ... that Haganah sank the SS Patria in 1940 with a bomb when British authorities attempted to deport Jewish refugees aboard the ship from Palestine?

All paragraphs referenced; off-line sources accepted WP:AGF.

Good to go! Cmprince (talk) 18:00, 10 March 2013 (UTC)