Argentina
Danish Motor merchant
Photo courtesy of Danish Maritime Museum, Elsinore
| 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° 47'N, 0° 30'W - Grid AN 2125 | ||
| Complement | 33 (33 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Copenhagen (13 Mar) - Las Palmas - South America | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in December 1921 as Danish Polarhavet for O.J. Eskildsen, Copenhagen. 1924 renamed Argentina for Det Forenede D/S (DFDS), Copenhagen. | ||
| Notes on event | On 13 March 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 March 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. | ||
| On board | We have details of 32 people who were on board. | ||
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