Originally Posted By: Alicatt

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SS Politician was an 8000-ton cargo ship owned by T & J Harrison of Liverpool. It left Liverpool on 3 February 1941, bound for Kingston, Jamaica and New Orleans with a cargo including 28,000 cases of malt whisky. The ship sank off the north coast of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland, and much of the wreck's cargo was salvaged by the island's inhabitants. The story of the wreck and looting was the basis for the book and film Whisky Galore!.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Politician


So in the middle of WWII amidst the ferocity of the Battle of the Atlantic, the UK was sending shipments of whiskey to Jamaica and the US? I'm glad to see that the right priorities were in place! biggrin

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