British cruiser HMS Dunedin sunk according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 18 December 1941

Danae or D-class light cruisers. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item referred to the Admiralty at London, England reporting that the British light cruiser HMS Dunedin (displacement 4,850 tons) was sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic Ocean.

Note

1. Part of Danae or D-class light cruisers, preceded by C-class, succeeded by Emerald-class. Laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 November 917, launched on 19 November 1918, commissioned on 13 September 1919 and sunk by the German submarine U-124 on 24 November 1941 north east of Recife, Brazil east of the St. Paul’s Rock.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration) mr0422a. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 8 dated 18 December 1941.