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On Wed. 14 Feb 1940 German submarine U-53 sank Danish ship Martin Gold.....

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German submarine U-53 sank Danish ship Martin Goldschmidt west of Ireland at 0500 hours. 5 men were killed while 5 survivors were rescued by Norweigan ship Berto.

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