British cargo ship Manaar torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-38 according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Sunday 10 September 1939. An item reported that the British radio reported that the British cargo ship Manaar was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic on 7 September without any warning. The German press reported that after the landing survivors were questioned and stated that she was armed with 10cm/5.94” guns served by gun crews and that they started the hostilities by opening fire on the German submarine.(1)

Note

1. The British steamship Manaar, completed by C. Connell&Co. Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland in 1917, after gunfire torpedoed and sunk by the U-38 on 6 September 1939 around 70 miles south west of Cape da Roca. Survivors were rescued by Dutch, Portuguese and Italian ships respecttively Mars, Carvalho Araujo and Castelbiano.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)