Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 20. Juni 1940
- Art
- Schlacht
- Koordinaten
- 62.01° N, 6.77° W
- Description
- capture of four Swedish destroyers by the British Navy in 1940
- Naval
- ja
- War
- World War II
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Psilander affair
Capture of four Swedish destroyers by the British Navy in 1940
The Psilander affair was an incident that occurred in Skálafjørður near Tórshavn in the Faroe Islands on 20 June 1940 in World War II. The British Royal Navy captured the four Swedish destroyers HSwMS Psilander, Puke, Romulus and Remus, together with the Swedish Lloyd passenger ship Patricia and the Trelleborgs Ångfartygs tanker Castor, despite the fact that Sweden was neutral.
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