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Wednesday, 10 December 2025

British merchant ship Thomas Walton sunk by enemy submarine on 8 December 1939

Tonnage 4,460 tons. Part of convoy not. In ballast underway from Port TalbotWales to Narvik, Norway. Location Norwegian coast. Of the crew 16 men killed and 22 killed. An official enquiery to be held while she seemed to be within territorial waters when attacked. 

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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