Wexford to honour crew's heroic rescue of 168 German sailors during WWII

MV Kerlogue was carrying a cargo of oranges from Lisbon to Dublin in December 1943 when it went to the scene of an explosion in the Bay of Biscay. Picture: R.J. Scott

A service to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the most dramatic rescue missions in Irish maritime history, where 168 German sailors were saved, is to take place in December.

During the rescue, a crew of 10 men carrying a cargo of oranges from Lisbon to Dublin defied Ireland’s neutrality and went to the scene of an explosion in the Bay of Biscay.