Argentina
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| Name | Argentina | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.375 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Kjobenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar, 1940 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | Grid AN 2125 - See estimated map location (60.10N00.39W) * | ||
| Complement | 33 (33 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Copenhagen (13 Mar) - Las Palmas - South America | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in December 1921 as Danish Polarhavet for O.J. Eskildsen. 1924 sold to Det Forenede D/S and renamed Argentina. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 13 Mar, 1940, the neutral Argentina left Copenhagen and was reported missing in the North Sea, after sending her last radio messsage on 17 March. At 23.25 hours on 17 Mar, 1940, U-38 fired a spread of two torpedoes at an illuminated steamer of about 5000 grt east of the Shetlands. The ship sank 10 minutes after being hit by one torpedo. The victim must have been the Argentina. | ||
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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