An item reported that the Danish 2,135 tons merchant ship ss Ove Toft strike a German mine and sunk in the North Sea underway from Immingham to Gothenburg, Sweden. Of her crew 15 men were saved and 6 killed. There was no official confirmation of her loss.(1)
Note
1. Torpedoed and sunk on 3 December. By the German submarine U-56 in the Firth of Tay.
Sources
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.
Lloyd’s Register 1939-1940.
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