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- The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury on 22
June 1948, carrying 493 passengers from
Jamaica wishing to start a new life in the United
Kingdom. The passengers (including one
stowaway[1]) were the first large group of West
Indian immigrants to the UK after the Second
World War.
- Before 1948, the ship, under the name of Monte
Rosa, had been used for cruises in pre-war
Germany, and then as a German troopship and
prisoner transport ship, before being captured by the
British and taken as a war prize
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