"Sinking of Ss Athenia, September 1939" A young boy wrapped in a blanket is passed down from the gangway of the Norwegian vessel KNUTE NELSON at Galway harbour, Ireland. Another survivor also wrapped in a blanket can be seen on the gangway. They had been rescued from the passenger liner SS ATHENIA which was torpedoed by U-30 on the evening of 3 September 1939 off the north west coast of Ireland and sank the next morning.