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On Sun. 30 Jun 1940 German submarine U-26 sank Estonian ship Merkur (k.....

1940-06-30

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German submarine U-26 sank Estonian ship Merkur (killing 4) and Norwegian ship Belmoira (all 25 crew members survived) off of France.

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