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Allied Ships hit by U-boats


Den Haag


NameDen Haag
Type:Motor tanker
Tonnage8.971 tons
Completed1925 - Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel 
OwnerPetroleum Industrie Mij NV, The Hague 
HomeportThe Hague 
Date of attack15 Feb, 1940Nationality:      Dutch
 
FateSunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze)
Position48.02N, 08.26W - Grid BF 4321
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Complement39 (26 dead and 13 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteNew York - Rotterdam 
Cargo 
History  
Notes on loss At 14.00 hours on 15 Feb, 1940, the Den Haag (Master C. Wijker) was torpedoed and sunk by U-48. The 13 survivors in one lifeboat were picked up by the British steam merchant Glen Orchy. The other lifeboats with bodies were later found adrift and some bodies were washed ashore on the French coast. 


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