TRIBUTE was paid yesterday to the thousands of Danish sailors who kept the convoys sailing during the Second World War.
About 150 former merchant seamen attended a civic reception in Newcastle, which was home to more than 4,000 Danes during the war.
They flocked to the city after their own nation was invaded by the Nazis. Nearly 1,500 lost their lives while serving on the seas.
Lord Mayor of Newcastle Councillor George Douglas paid tribute to their sacrifice at a civic reception at the civic centre.
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