history · 07 August 1942 · 82 years ago
German submarine U-108 sank Norwegian ship Breñas in the South Atlantic at 0133 hours; 1 was killed, 33 survived but the captain was captured by U-108. At 0225 hours, U-572 sank Dutch ship Delfshaven 800 miles west of Freetown, British West Africa; 1 was killed, 38 survived. At 2147 hours, U-109 sank Norwegian tanker Arthur W. Sewall 1,400 miles west of Freetown, British West Africa; all 36 aboard survived.
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