Lancastria petition – Designation of Lancastria
as an official maritime grave

The following petition will be handed into Downing Street later this year. If you would like a hard copy of the form to collect signatures from friends, relatives and your own communities then email [email protected] or telephone 01738 850107.

We, the undersigned, call on the British Government through the offices of the Prime Minister to designate the wreck of the troopship Lancastria an official maritime site/war grave by means of the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 or by the introduction of a Statutory Instrument which would allow the site to be formally designated by the British Government in recognition of the sacrifice of an estimated 4000 lives, mostly troops of the British Expeditionary Force, who were lost on 17th June 1940. This petition, which has attracted signatures from across the world, calls on the Government to finally and formally acknowledge the loss made and to bring about official designation for the wreck of Lancastria.