On Fri. 09 Feb 1940 British vessel Chagres, carrying 1,500 tons of Cam.....

British vessel Chagres, carrying 1,500 tons of Cameroonian bananas, hit a mine deployed by German submarine U-30 on 6 Jan 1940. Chagres sank 10 miles from her destination, killing 2. The remaining 62 men were rescued by anti-submarine trawler HMS Loch Montreith.

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