REQUISITIONED
PASSENGER LINER
FOR CARRIAGE OF TROOPS
Received January 6, 10 a.m.) LONDON, January 5. The Atlantic steamer Scythia has been converted into a transport t* carry troops, tanks, and armaments to Alexandria. She sails from Southampton on Wednesday under War Office orders, says the "Sunday Dispatch." This is the first requisition of a passenger ,liner since the Great War. It is believed other ships will be requisitioned shortly. ' ■ ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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69REQUISITIONED Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 8
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