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An item referred to a report of the British submarine HMS Salmon (1) which mentioned the German steamship Bremen returning to German waters on 12 December within torpedo range but allowed to pass regarded the international rules of submarine warfare. The same submarine sunk an outward-bound German submarine on 4 December 75 miles south west of the Lister Light (southern point of Norway). On Wednesyday 13 December she reported a German naval force consisting of two pocket battleships, 2-8” cruisers and 2-5.9”cruisers going west and torpedoed a German Leipzig-class cruiser. She could not report earlier due she was attacked with depth charges. Germany confirmed later that one cruiser was damaged.(1)
Note
1. Part of S-class preceded by Rainbow-class succeeded by River-classs. Laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 15 June 1933, launched on 30 April 1934, commissioned on 8 March 1935 and sunk on 9 July 1940 probably due to hitting a mine off Norway. Sunk on 4 December 1939 the German submarine U-36 in the NorthSea south west of Kristiansand, Norway. She sighted on 11 December damaging with torpedoes the German light cruisers Leipzig and Nürnberg and was hunted by destroyers for two hours but managed to escape. The ss Bremen was an ocean liner of the Norddeutscher Lloyd built by Detsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau between 18 June 1927 and 5 July 1929.
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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