Liner was long way from Bermuda
THE rails were packed as the troopship Monarch of Bermuda prepared to sail from the Clyde.
The liner, built on Tyneside in 1931, carried passengers on the New York-Bermuda run until the war broke out.
Among her wartime exploits; she brought the first Canadian soldiers to Scotland; took part in the Norway campaign, including the 1940 Narvik Raid; shipped Britain's gold reserves to Canada for safe keeping; and was involved in the invasion of North Africa.
After the war, the ship was used to carry many British GI Brides to Canada.
In 1947, following a near disastrous fire, she was refitted on the Forth and used to carry emigrants from the UK to Australia.
She was eventually scrapped, in Spain, in 1966.
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