Talk:SS Léopoldville (1928)

Censorship
"After the war, the soldiers were also ordered at discharge not to talk about the sinking of SS Léopoldville to the press and told that their GI benefits as civilians would be canceled if they did so." - Two points: 1) This needs a source. 2) Why was this disaster covered up? 199.127.133.181 (talk) 20:23, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree a source is important here, but it was fairly common for significant loss of life to be concealed for two reasons. First, such losses would cause voters to doubt the competence of those directing the war effort, and reduce support for continuing the conflict as opposed to seeking peace.  Second, senior commanders whose reputations were most likely to be damaged by publication of their mistakes were uniquely positioned to classify information which would damage their careers if released.  A major mistake in this situation was ordering the ship to sail when all of the normal support personnel tasked with rescue efforts had been released from their duty stations for Christmas eve festivities.  My aunt's fiancé was one of the American sailors drowned, and for more than a decade after the war she knew nothing more than he was "missing in action".  Waiting for a soldier who would never return, she never married. Thewellman (talk) 01:43, 9 October 2021 (UTC)

Some OR - anyone have a secondary source?
From National Archive catalogue: 	ADM 1/18034 BOARDS OF INQUIRY AND DISCIPLINARY COURTS (29): Loss of troopship SS LEOPOLDVILLE: Board of Inquiry: award of Their Lordship's displeasure to Commanding Officer, HMS BRILLIANT and US Army letter of commendation to officers and crew of HMS BRILLIANT. FOREIGN COUNTRIES (52): Loss of Belgian troopship SS LEOPOLDVILLE: Board of Inquiry award of Their Lordships displeasure to Commanding Officer, HMS BRILLIANT and US Army letter of commendation for officers and men of HMS BRILLIANT Springnuts (talk) 21:59, 27 February 2022 (UTC)