ON THIS DAY 27th OCTOBER 1940, GERMAN SUBMARINE SANK BRITISH SHIP IRENE MARIA NORTHWEST OF IRELAND, KILLING THE ENTIRE CREW.

ON THIS DAY 27th OCTOBER 1940, GERMAN SUBMARINE SANK BRITISH SHIP IRENE MARIA NORTHWEST OF IRELAND, KILLING THE ENTIRE CREW.

The U-95 submarine completed six patrols in the Atlantic ocean, sinking and damaging 12 ships.

At 00.58 hours on 27 Nov 1940 the unescorted Irene Maria (Master Alfred Peter Evers), a straggler from convoy OB-248, was hit aft by one torpedo from U-95 and sank by the bow within two minutes about 55 miles south-southwest of Rockall.

Two torpedoes fired earlier at 00.42 and 00.52 hours had previously missed the ship, unfortunately for the predominantly Danish crew, the final torpedo fired was catastrophic for Irene Maria. All 26 crewmen were killed.

The U-95 submarine completed six patrols in the Atlantic ocean, sinking and damaging 12 ships.

In a change of tactics U-95 set course for the Mediterranean sea and successfully forced her way through the heavily defended Strait of Gibraltar in autumn 1941.

She was sunk by a torpedo from the Dutch submarine O 21 southwest of Almeria in Spain on 28 November 1941. 35 men died and there were 12 survivors.

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