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This memorial - Taken by Stuart Nicholson 15 Oct 2024
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Information board - Taken by Pauline Mawdsley 06 Aug 2025
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Information board - Taken by Pauline Mawdsley 06 Aug 2025
Reference WMO/302723
Edit memorial name, location & address- Metal Metal (any)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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World War Two casualty./S.S. Malakand/1919-1941/On 3rd May 1941, Huskisson Branch Dock Number 2, directly opposite this/point in Liverpool Docks, was the site of the Brocklebank Lines ship S.S./Malkand explosion during the Liverpool Blitz. The Luftwaffe sent over a/wave of planes, bombing the docks on either side of the river. Some of the/planes dropped parachute mines in the river, causing a number of sinkings./1,000 tons of explosives on board the Malakand were ignited during this air/raid by a burning barrage balloon. Four people were killed and debris from/the ship was strewn up to 2.5 miles away. The two-ton anchor stock from the/ship landed outside Bootle General Hospital, 1.5 miles from the scene. Many/coasters, barges, lighters and warehouses wee also destroyed in the/wartime catastrophe. Largely destroyed by the explosion, the remainder of/Huskisson Dock was rebuilt after the war. Huskisson Branch Dock Number 2/was subsequently filled in.//We will remember them.
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