British cargo ship Oliver Grove torpedoed and sunk according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Friday 8 September 1939. An item reported that the first fully accredited report of sinking a merchant ship by a German submarine was published by the German press. The British cargo ship Oliver Grove (1) was loaded with sugar underway from Cuba to England and sunk under the prize rules.

Note

1. Built by Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow, Scotland in 1929, torpedoed and sunk by the U-33 on 7 September 1939 around 420 miles west-southwest of Lands End, England.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)