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On Tues. 11 Aug 1942 German submarine U-130 sank Norwegian ship Mirlo 8.....

1942-08-11

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German submarine U-130 sank Norwegian ship Mirlo 870 miles west of Freetown, British West Africa at 1427 hours; all 37 aboard survived. At 1913 hours, U-109 sank British tanker Vimeira 1,050 miles west of Freetown; 17 were killed, 37 survived.

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