Links to other sites with information about the events:
Research undertaken by Colin Bower, whose father was on the Britannia.
Research into crew member Constantino Misquita
Constantino Misquita was a member of Britannia’s crew who survived the journey across the Atlantic on ‘Lifeboat Number Seven’, but died on the boat when they were in sight of the coast of Brazil. His great-nephew, a journalist from Goa, researched the sinking of the Britannia. The story of ‘The Britannia and the Thor’, can be read on the ‘WWII Forums’ website.
The biography of Stanley Spurgeon on the Australian Navy website
The naval officer who commanded Lifeboat Number Three, and who became the senior naval officer over the survivors on Tenerife
Terence Blank on Lifeboat Number 7
The story of Terence Blank’s journey on Lifeboat Number 7. This is on a website about his home town: Launceston, Cornwall.
The entry for Britannia on the “Scottish Ships” website
A website with information about ships built in Scottish shipyards
The Wikipedia entry for the Britannia
The “Wreck Site” entry for the Britannia
A database of information about ship wrecks and their sites
The Wikipedia entry for the Thor
The raider which attacked the Britannia
The Wikipedia entry for Otto Kähler, captain of the Thor
German newsreel film of the Thor on a visit to Japan
Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser Raider) Thor visiting Japan (on YouTube)