Maritime Disasters of WWII - Vietnam Veterans of America

Maritime Disasters of WWII. 1939. ATHENIA (September 3, 1939). The first civilian casualty of World War II, the Cunard passenger liner Athenia of 13,581 tons, (chartered from the Anchor Donaldson Line) was sunk without warning west of Scotland by the German submarine U-30 (Oblt. ................
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