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Sunday, 21 December 2025

British merchant ship Brandon sunk by enemy submarine on 8 December 1939

Tonnage 6,668 tons. Part of convoy yes. Location Western approaches underway in ballast from Milford Haven, England to Florida, USA. Nine crewmembers kiled in an explosion, the survivors (some wounded) were saved by a Belgian trawler.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-13 Weekly Résumé (No. 15) of the naval, military and air situation from 0700 7 December to 0700 14 December 1939. 

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