U-boat ace Kretschmer strikes again

2nd December 1940: The commander of U-99 sinks an Armed Merchant Cruiser as the disaster surrounding HX 90 continues

The SS Montrose cruise liner at Madeira in the 1930s. She was requisitioned in 1939 and converted to an armed merchantman, becoming HMS Forfar.

The Wolfpack attack on Convoy HX90 and her escorts continued. As the escorts were switched, HMS Forfar left the eastbound convoy HX 90 to join the escort of a westbound convoy. An armed merchant cruiser requisiti…