Hampshire IAS – From Bilbao to Britain
Underhill Centre St. John’s Road, Hedge End, Southampton, Hampshire, United KingdomAs the Spanish Civil War proceeded on the Northern front (from 1937 onwards), the Spanish Republican authorities arranged the evacuation of children. Just under 4,000 children arrived at the Southampton Docks on 23 May 1937 on steamship Habana, escorted by the battleship HMS Royal Oak and destroyer HMS Forester. Habana had been equipped to accommodate 800 passengers, but this voyage consisted of 3,886 children, 96 teachers, 118…