An item reported that the 758 tons ss Fireking sunk in a collision with the Belfast mail boat ss Duke of Lancaster in the Liverpool Bay on 10 December 1939. Crew and passengers were rescued.(1)
Note
1. The Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad said that the collision was in the Irish Sea. Her crew numbered 10 men. The heavily damaged Duke of Lancaster of the London-Midland and Scottish Railway was to be repaired in a drydock.
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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