British passenger ship ss Athenia sunk according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Diary note dated Tuesday 12 September 1939. An item reported that the ss Athenia was sunk north of Inishtrahull, 10 miles off the north Irish coast at 7:40 p.m. on 3 September.

Note

1. Torpedoed around 200-230 miles west of the Hebrides without a warning by the German submarine U 30. She was underway from Glasgow, Scotland towards Montreal, Canada. British passenger ship built in 1923.

Source

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