Danmark
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Danmark | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 8.391 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | United Baltic Co, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 30 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals) | ||
| Position | 07.00N, 24.19W - Grid ES 5185 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (0 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Durban - Table Bay - Trinidad - Halifax - UK | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Danish Danmark for A/S Det Østasiatiske Kompagni, Copenhagen In May 1940 taken over by Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.48 hours on 30 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Danmark (Master E. Honore Christensen) was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-130 south of the Cape Verde Islands. The master, 37 crew members and eight gunners were picked up by the Norwegian tanker Mosli and landed at Freetown. | ||
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