On the night of 31 August 1940, the sea to the northwest of Texel was the scene of the sinking of two British destroyers and the severe damage of a third by German mines in what is known as the Texel Disaster.
På natten den 31. august 1940 var havet nordvest for Texel scene for sænkningen af to britiske destroyers og alvorlige skade på en tredje af tyske miner i den såkaldte Texel-katastrofe .