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==Remarks==
 
==Remarks==
On 31 May 1940 the SS Lidvard arrived in Dakar from Saigon and was interned by the French forces there.  On 27 Jul 1941
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On 30 May 1940 the SS Lidvard arrived in Dakar from Saigon with a cargo of rice and was interned by the French forces there.  On 27 Jul 1941 Lidvard made history when, through ingenious workmanship and planning, she escaped from Dakar, and after a nerve racking voyage she made it safely to Freetown on July 29 (the Vichy French patrol boat Edith Germaine was sent out to look for her, but could not catch up with her).
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SS Lidvard.jpg
History
Name SS Lidvard
Builder/Built 1939 Malmõ, Sweden
Type Motor ship Passenger/cargo
Displacement 4,785 tons


Remarks

On 30 May 1940 the SS Lidvard arrived in Dakar from Saigon with a cargo of rice and was interned by the French forces there. On 27 Jul 1941 Lidvard made history when, through ingenious workmanship and planning, she escaped from Dakar, and after a nerve racking voyage she made it safely to Freetown on July 29 (the Vichy French patrol boat Edith Germaine was sent out to look for her, but could not catch up with her).

Soldiers carried