It's been nearly 75 years...

I mentioned HMT Lancastria back in 2007.  It was a troop ship used in the evacuation of Dunkirk, and was attacked and sunk by German bombers shortly after leaving St Nazaire harbour on 17th June 1940. Although it had an official capacity of some 2,200, it was packed to the gunnels with soldiers and civilians and nobody really knows how many were on board - estimates vary from 4,000 to 9,000.  We do know that there were only 2,447 survivors.  Not surprisingly, given the situation at the time, as a matter of public morale, the news of the sinking was suppressed in this country, but for whatever reason (maybe just apathy) the papers concerning the disaster have still not been made public.  Now Joanna Lumley is fronting a campaign to have the official documents about the sinking released.  Can't see any reason not to and the longer it takes, the more there will be a suspicion of some sort of a cover-up.