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Originally Posted by Subnuts
Since the tanker was a "straggler," there's a chance it had already hit by a torpedo, making it easier to sink afterward. Unfortunately, the article doesn't say if it was or not.
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The ship was from convoy KJ-2. The only attack made on KJ-2 was the U-48.
http://www.uboat.net/ops/convoys/con...hp?convoy=KJ-2
Also Ubootwaffe shows sinking by gunfire.
http://www.ubootwaffe.net/ops/ships.cgi?boat=48;nr=5
And this from Chronology of US Navy:
http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/...hron-1939.html
October 12, 1939
"German submarines attack convoys of French and British shipping; U 48 shells and sinks French motor tanker Emile Miguet (from convoy KJ 2S) at 50°15'N, 14°50'W, and later torpedoes and sinks British freighter Heronspool (convoy OB 17S) at 50°13'N, 14°48'W. U.S. merchantmen rescue the survivors: freighter Black Hawk rescues Emile Miguet's crew, passenger liner President Harding rescues Heronspool's."