Argentina
Photo courtesy of Robert N. Baird
| Name | Argentina | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.375 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Kjobenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | Det Forenede D/S (DFDS), Copenhagen | ||
| Homeport | Copenhagen | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar, 1940 | Nationality:  Danish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-38 (Heinrich Liebe) | ||
| Position | 60.47N, 00.30W - Grid AN 2125 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (33 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Copenhagen (13 Mar) - Las Palmas - South America | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in December 1921 as Polarhavet for O.J. Eskildsen. 1924 renamed Argentina for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS), Copenhagen. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 13 Mar, 1940, the neutral Argentina left Copenhagen and was reported missing in the North Sea, after sending her last radio messsage on 17 March. At 23.25 hours on 17 Mar, 1940, U-38 fired a spread of two torpedoes at an illuminated steamer of about 5000 grt east of Unst, Shetlands. The ship sank 10 minutes after being hit by one torpedo. The victim must have been the Argentina. | ||
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