The sinking of SS La Provence killed many people, with contemporary reports from Paris indicated nearly 8,000 persons aboard and 3,130 lives lost, but modern accounts of losses revise those numbers downward to about 1,700 troops aboard and under 1,000 lost.
The sinking of SS La Provence killed many people, with contemporary reports from Paris indicated nearly 8,000 persons aboard and 3,130 lives lost, but modern accounts of losses revise those numbers downward to about 1,700 troops aboard and under 1,000 lost.