The remains of the first British ship to be sunk in WW2 appear to have ... She was slow to go down, disappearing beneath the waves, stern first, at 11 the next morning. When she left Liverpool ...
A cargo vessel with British links ... It is down by the stern, but has not sunk. Although the ship's name is not visible, all of its characteristics match those of the Rubymar.
The British ships on which the brunt of the fighting fell were the battlecruiser fleet and some cruisers and light cruisers, supported by four fast battleships. Among these the losses were heavy.