Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Day 205 March 23, 1940

The British Malaya Force is formed to watch German merchant ships in Dutch East Indies, including destroyers HMS Stronghold and HMS Tenedos, cruisers HMS HMS Dauntless, HMS Danae and HMS Durban, sloop HMS Falmouth and submarines HMS Perseus and HMS Rainbow.

At 11.30 PM, a British submarine (either HMS Truant or HMS Trident) intercepts German merchant Edmund Hugo Stinnes IV, en route to Copenhagen, and fires five warning shots 6 miles off the West coast of Denmark. As expected, the steamer heads for shore and is scuttled. The submarine applies a coup de grĂ¢ce with two torpedoes to prevent salvage.
http://home.cogeco.ca/~gchalcraft/sm/truant.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Trident_(N52)

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