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Britta

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NameBritta
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage1.146 tons
Completed1921 - Unterweser Schiffbau-Ges. AG, Wesermünde 
OwnerJ. Lauritzen, Copenhagen 
HomeportEsbjerg 
Date of attack25 Mar, 1940Nationality:      Danish
 
FateSunk by U-47 (Günther Prien)
Position60.00N, 04.19W - Grid AN 1194
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Complement18 (13 dead and 5 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteKalundborg - Liverpool 
CargoBallast 
History  
Notes on loss At 05.40 hours on 25 Mar, 1940, the Britta was hit in the forepart by one torpedo from U-47 and sank slowly about 55 miles north of Sule Skerry. The ship had been spotted at 04.30 hours and missed by a first torpedo at 05.19 hours. The survivors were rescued by the Danish steam merchant Nancy of the same company that sailed together with the ship. 


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