Luxembourg
| Name | Luxembourg | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.809 tons | ||
| Completed | 1915 - AG Weser, Bremen | ||
| Owner | Armement Deppe, Antwerp | ||
| Homeport | Antwerp | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Jun, 1940 | Nationality:  Belgian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 47.25N, 04.55W - Grid BF 5276 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 46 (5 dead and 41 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Montevideo - Antwerp | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including boiled beef, maize and sunflower seed | ||
| History | Built as German Sonnenfels, 1919 taken over by Britain and managed by Thomas Law & Co. 1920 given to Belgium as war reparation and 1921 sold to Armement Deppe, Antwerp and renamed Luxembourg. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.53 hours on 21 Jun, 1940, the unescorted Luxembourg (Master Louis Deburges) was torpedoed and sunk by U-38 west of St. Nazaire. The ship had been diverted to Bordeaux and anchored at Le Verdon on 20 June when she was ordered to leave to Falmouth. Five men were killed and one wounded of the 46 crew members on board. | ||
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