# Texel Disaster

> sinking of two British destroyers by German mines off the coast of Texel island on 31 August 1940

**Wikidata**: [Q7708326](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7708326)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texel_Disaster)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/texel-disaster


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013