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Suspected sabotage of SS Parklaan, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 1941: explosion...

Catalogue reference: KV 3/425

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This record is about the Suspected sabotage of SS Parklaan, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 1941: explosion... dating from 1941 Aug 24 - 1942 Apr 28 in the series The Security Service: Subject (SF series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 3/425
Date
1941 Aug 24 - 1942 Apr 28
Description

Suspected sabotage of SS Parklaan, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 1941: explosion on a Dutch freighter en route from Montevideo to Freetown. The crew were interrogated on their return to the UK and an investigation followed establishing that it was sabotage

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
SF 54-7-78 VOL 3
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2012
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12115680/

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Suspected sabotage of SS Parklaan, Halifax, Nova Scotia, February 1941: explosion...

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