In his letter No. 1524 IV dated 18 November 1941 referred the German naval attaché in Portugal to the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine at Berlin to his letter 1524 III dated 15 November dealing with a British “G” type destroyer lying at Ponte Delgado. According to a Italian source were on board of the sunk British auxiliary cruiser Ariosto (1) [in the marge misunderstanding for Cossack?] 48 survivors of a German submarine which fate was unknown. This news was considered to be unreliable. Another Italian source claimed that the 48 men were on board of the British destroyer HMS Legion (2)which arrived on 26 October at Ponte Delgada.
Notes
1. British steam cargo ship Ariosto was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-564 underway from Lisbon, Portugal towards Liverpool, England part of convoy HG75 on 24 October 1941.
2. G74. Part of L-class preceded by J-, K- and N-classes succeeded by L- and M-classes. Ordered on 31 March 1938, laid down by Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Newcastle on Tyne, England on 1 November 1938, launched on 26 December 1939, commissioned on 19 December 1940 and sunk during an air attack on Malta on 26 March 1942
Source
Bundesarchive. RM 11-17. German naval attaché in Portugal.
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