Dutch passsenger-cargo ship ss Tajandoen torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-47 on 7 December 1939

Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Black chalk drawing by unknown. Probably alongside the Sumatrakade

An item reported that the Dutch 8,159 tons merchant ship ss Tajandoen was torpedoed and sunk 45 miles south of the Lizard. Not part of a convoy, in ballast. Two lifeboats with 62 survivors were picked up, 6 men were missing.(1)

Note

1. Launched by the N.V. Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, Netherlands with yard number 207 on 2 May 1931, delivered to the N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederlands, Amsterdam in September 1931, underway from Amsterdam and Antwerp, Belgium to Batavia, Dutch East Indies early morning 7 December torpedoed about 35 miles north of Ouessant by German submarine U-47. The survivors were rescued by the Belgian ss Louis Sheid and the Italian ss Giorgio Ohlsen. 

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-1 Weekly Résumé (No. 14) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon 30 November to 12 noon 7 December 1939.