Den Haag
| Name | Den Haag | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.971 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel | ||
| Owner | Petroleum Industrie Mij NV, The Hague | ||
| Homeport | The Hague | ||
| Date of attack | 15 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Herbert Schultze) | ||
| Position | 48.02N, 08.26W - Grid BF 4321 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (26 dead and 13 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New 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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