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Monday, 17 August 2026

British cargo ship Nestlea lost according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 64 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 14-21 November 1940

An item reported the loss on 18 November of the British cargo ship Nestlea, Tonnage 4,274 tons, loaded with margarine, underway from Takoradi, Gold Coast [Ghana] to the United Kingdom sunk when bombed by aircraft on the position 48 miles south west of Fastnet. Part of convoy. Two boatloads with survivors were sailing landwards.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37. 

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