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Posted Friday, January 31, 2025
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On This Day in History - January 31, 1941
January 31, 1941 #OTD World War II: German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis stopped British ship Speybank with gunfire and captured the ship. Speybank would soon set sail for Bordeaux, France where she would be converted into an auxiliary minelayer named Schiff 53/Doggerbank and serve in the Kriegsmarine. The ship would ultimately be sunk on 3 March 1943, at 9:53 pm, it was torpedoed by German submarine U-43. Pictured: German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis (Top) and British ship Speybank (Bottom).
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