An item reported the sinking of the 989 tons ss Middlesborough after striking a submerged object on 9 December 1939. Probably she strike the wreck of the ss Goodwood off Flamborough Head. Her crew was saved by the Icelandic ship Ruenborg.(1)
Note
1. Dutch newspapers reported that she was built in 1924 and sunk after an explosion being mined either torpedoed. Homeport Newastle. The Indische courant dated 13 December 1939 wrote that while she sunk so fast her crew was not able to send a SOS but not being far from the coast they were all saved using the boats.
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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