history · 02 February 1940 · 84 years ago
German submarine U-59 torpedoed and sank British steamer Creofield at 0624 hours 20 miles off of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, killing 9. At 2040 hours, in the same general area, she torpedoed and sank British steamer Portelet, killing 2 with 9 survivors rescued by Finnish steamer Oscar Midling.
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