Chronology of World War II

October 1939

Monday, October 23rd


Battle of the Atlantic

The German steamer Emmy Friedrich (4372t) is intercepted early in the day by the British light cruiser Caradoc in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is scuttled and the Caradoc picks up 33 of her crew and takes them to Bermuda.

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