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The story of the Empire Windrush starts pre-war when, in 1936, Blohm and Voss shipbuilders of Hamburg built the ship. Its first use was as one of Hitler's "Strength through joy" ships and named the SS Santa Rosa. A sister ship, the SS Wilhelm Bustlof, visited Tilbury landing stage prior to the outbreak of war in 1939, to collect German nationals and take them out beyond the '3-mile limit', to allow them to vote.
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https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/bbc-newscript-reports-on-the-arrival-of-the-empire-windrush-22-june-1948#
