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Why did a U-boat sink the Argentine merchantman Uruguay in May 1940?
Posted by: Sid Guttridge ()
Date: October 06, 2009 01:26PM

What reason did Germany give for sinking the Argentine-registered merchantman "Uruguay" on 27 May 1940, 136 miles from Cabo Villano in northern Spain?

She would appear to have been a neutral ship loaded with wheat in transit from neutral Argentina, via neutral Spain, to neutral Southern Ireland.

Yet a party from U-37 boarded her, set charges and sank her.

Presumably the Germans felt they had some justification for this action, which on the face of it looks like blatant piracy, but what was it?

Many thanks,

Sid.

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Why did a U-boat sink the Argentine merchantman Uruguay in May 1940? Sid Guttridge 10/06/2009 01:26PM
Re: Why did a U-boat sink the Argentine merchantman Uruguay in May 1940? Jacky Kingsley 10/09/2009 02:59PM
Re: Why did a U-boat sink the Argentine merchantman Uruguay in May 1940? Rainer 10/09/2009 07:42PM
Re: Why did a U-boat sink the Argentine merchantman Uruguay in May 1940? Sid Guttridge 11/22/2010 05:48PM


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