Danmark
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| Name | Danmark | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 10.517 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Burmeister & Wain´s Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Det Danske Petroleums A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Jan, 1940 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | A total loss by U-23 (Otto Kretschmer) | ||
| Position | 58.59N, 02.53W - Grid AN 1633 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (0 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aruba - Nyborg | ||
| Cargo | 8200 tons of refined patrol and 5760 tons of kerosine | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 06.50 hours on 12 Jan, 1940, the Danmark was hit by one torpedo from U-23 when lying at anchor in Inganess Bay, Kirkwall. The ship exploded, broke in two and drifted ashore. On 21 January, the afterpart sank and the forepart was refloated, taken to Inverkeithing and used as a storage hulk. | ||
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