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Friday, 25 September 2026

Panamanian merchant ship Santa Margarita sunk by enemy submarine according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 45of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 4-12 July 1940

An item reported that on 2 July the Panamanian merchant ship Santa Margarita, tonnage 4, 919 tons, in ballast, underway from Barry, England to Hampton Roads, USA was lost by gunfire 230 miles west of Ushant, France. Not part of convoy. 18 Crew members landed at Corunna, (Coruna, Spain?) 22 men missing.

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-9-42. 

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