German submarine U 39©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An item reported that the German submarine SM U-39 commanded by Kapitänleutnant WaltherForstmann (9 March 1883-2 November 1873) torpedoed and sunk on 30 July the armed Italian steamship Carlo (5,573 ton) with 7,400 ton coal underway from Tyne Dock towards Savona 30 nautical miles south west of Cap Spartel.
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1. Type U 31. Ordered on 12 June 1912, laid down at Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany with yard number 199 on 27 March 1913, launched on 26 September 1914, commissioned on 13 January 1915, interned at Cartage, Spain since 18 May 1918 surrendered to France on 22 March 1919 and scrapped at Toulon, France in 1923.
Source
Bundesarchiv RM-40-622
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