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Tuesday, 23 December 2025

British merchant ship Deptford sunk by enemy submarine on 18 December 1939

Tonnage 4,030 tons. Part of convoy not. Loaded with pyrites underway from Bergen, Norway to Narvik, Norway. Location Norwegian coast. Four men, 4 men rescued. Probably attacked within territorial waters. Of the crew 25 men missing, 5 rescued.

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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