GERMAN NAVAL WAR DIARY, 21 December 1940, Page 252.
U 37 reports: a torpedo fired at a tanker of the "Kopbard" type (7329) had a giro failure, and probably hit an Amphitrite submarine in the tanker's convoy. The tanker is burnt out. Spanish steamer "St. Carlos" (300) without distinguishing mark by gunfire. 9 torpedos left.
According to this, U 37 has torpedoed the French tanker "Rhone" and the submarine "Sfax," as well as sunk the Spanish fishing-vessel. '
We shall continue to maintain to the outside world that there is no question of a German or Italian submarine being in the sea-area in question for the sinkings.
Naval war diary records of the sinking of Spanish and French ships by a U-boat, and the public claim that no German or Italian submarine was involved
Date: 19 December 1940
Literal Title: Extracts from Part A SKL War Diary, 1-31 Dec, 1940. . . . News from the Neutrals.
Defendant: Karl Doenitz
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: C-105
Citation: IMT (page 9546)
HLSL Item No.: 452913
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Document Summary
C-105: War Diary re: Naval Warfare