Chronology of World War II
Sunday, May 24
Dutch Cargo Ship
Hector
The Dutch cargo ship
Hector
was torpedoed and sunk in the Caribbean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) northwest of Grand Cayman by
U-103
with the loss of two of her 31 crew. Survivors were rescued by the American tanker
F. Q. Barstow
.
