what was windrush
HMT Empire Windrush, originally MV Monte Rosa, was a passenger liner and cruise ship launched in Germany in 1930. During the 1930s, she operated as a German cruise ship under the name Monte Rosa. During World War II, she was operated by the German navy as a troopship.he was acquired by the United Kingdom as a prize of war at the end of the war and renamed Empire Windrush. In British service, she continued to be used mainly as a troopship until March 1954, when the vessel caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four crew.
1 MV Empire Windrush, a ship, noted for and synonymous with the first significant post-war immigration of West Indian people to England, named for the river.2  Windrush (TV series) , a BBC Television documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the arrival in Britain of the ship.indrush may refer to: 1  MV Empire Windrush, a ship, noted for and synonymous with the first significant post-war immigration of West Indian people to England, named for the river.