<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altmark_incident" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Altmark incident">Altmark incident</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tanker_Altmark" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German tanker Altmark">German tanker Altmark</a> is boarded by sailors from the British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a about="#mwt47" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMS","href":"./Template:HMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Cossack"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Cossack" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Cossack" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Cossack</i></a>. A total of 299 British prisoners are freed.