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Background Events - June-November 1941 Invasion of Russia, Malta Convoys, Japan prepares for war
1941
Tuesday, 1 July Light cruiser _____ Destroyer PUNJABI departed The destroyer arrived back at _____ Destroyer CROOME arrived at _____ Indian sloop The sloop arrived at _____ Anti-aircraft ship CURACOA arrived at _____ British drifter There were three ratings killed in the drifter. _____ British steamer HOMEFIRE (1262grt) was sunk by
German bombing in 53-05-30N, 1-28E. Two crew were lost on the steamer. _____ British fishing trawler STRATHGAIRN (211grt) was
sunk on a mine about twenty miles southwest of Barra Head. Five of the crew were missing. Six crew were landed
at Stornoway. _____ British steamers HIGHWOOD (1177grt) and JAMAICA
PLANTER (4098grt) were damaged by German bombing at Barry while in drydock.
One crewman was killed on steamer HIGHWOOD. _____ U.108 sank British steamer There were no survivors on the steamer. _____ German heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was bombed and
damaged at _____ Armed boarding vessel MALVERNIAN (Cdr J.W.B.
Robertson T/Lt G.W. Jeffrey T/Sub Lt P. Baddeley RNVR, and T/A/Sub Lt A.
England RNVR, were wounded. Of a crew of 164, fifty seven survivors were
landed. P/T/Lt K.J. Dudgeon Sloop
She was sunk by German aircraft
French destroyers GUEPARD, VALMY, and VAUQUELIN
departed Steamer ST DIDIER (2778grt) was sunk by British
Albacore aircraft in the Steamer CHATEAU YQUEM (2536grt) was recalled in
view of steamer ST DIDIER's fate. _____ Light cruiser NAIAD and destroyers _____ Corvette HYACINTH ran aground four miles south of On the 3rd, corvette PEONY departed Corvette HYACINTH was unsuccessfully attacked by
enemy bombers, without success, during the evening of 4 July. The corvette was refloated on the 5th by corvette
PEONY. Corvette PEONY and tug ST ISSEY returned to Corvette HYACINTH proceeded to _____ British trawler VULCAN and motor torpedo boats _____ Destroyers FAULKNOR, FEARLESS, FORESTER, LANCE, and
LEGION departed _____ Light cruiser HERMIONE departed _____ Dutch submarine O.21, escorting convoy HG.66, was
recalled and ordered to establish a patrol in the vicinity of 43N, 11W to
attack any enemy raiders making for Biscay ports. _____ Convoy SC.36 departed Sidney, CB, escorted by
corvettes DAUPHIN and NAPANEE and anti-submarine yacht PHILANTE. The
corvettes were detached on the 4th. Destroyer _____ Norwegian whaler _____ Soviet destroyer BYSTRY was mined off Sevastapool
and beached. _____ German steamer DURAZZO (1153grt) at Wednesday, 2 July Light cruiser _____ Destroyer ICARUS arrived at Ardrossan at 0600 to
effect repairs to her propellers, having taken passage from _____ Destroyers INTREPID, ACTIVE, and ANTELOPE departed Destroyer ACTIVE, with defective machinery,
departed Loch Ewe at 2200 on the 3rd for Destroyers INTREPID and ANTELOPE escorted the
convoy until 0800 on the 7th. They arrived back at _____ Anti-aircraft ship ALYNBANK departed On the 3rd, the ship transferred to convoy WN.48 in
_____ Convoy OB.341 A (there was no OB.342) departed _____ British steamer EMPIRE AUDACITY arrived at The steamer departed the next day for Campbeltown,
escorted by sloop STORK.In September, this steamer would be the auxiliary
aircraft carrier AUDACITY. _____ Minelayer PLOVER, escorted by destroyer HAMBLEDON,
laid minefield BS 66 off the east coast of England. _____ Lt Cdr (A) F.D.G. Jennings, Commanding Officer of
768 Squadron, was killed when his Martlet dived into the sea after an engine
failure at Abirlot, near Arbroath. _____ Soviet destroyer STRASHNY was badly damaged on a
mine in Irben Straits. The rest of the force, destroyers SERDITY and SILNY
laid mines in the Irben Straits. On the 8th, German Minenraumschiff 11 and
minesweeper M.31 encountered Soviet destroyer SILNY. In a brief encounter, destroyer SILNY was lightly
damaged. The German ships were undamaged. _____ Destroyers JACKAL (D.7) and HASTY departed Yugoslavian motor torpedo boats KAJMAKCALAN and
DURMITOR departed Motor launch ML.1032 departed _____ Australian light cruiser Australian light cruiser Destroyers JACKAL and HASTY departed _____ Submarine URGE unsuccessfully attacked an armed
merchant cruiser in 37-48N, 15-21E. _____ Submarine _____ During the night of 2/3 July, a bombing raid on Eight Swordfish of the 830 Squadron laid mines at
the entrance to _____ anti-submarine whalers GOS 2 and Thursday, 3 July Destroyers INGLEFIELD and ACHATES departed _____ British drifter RECEPTIVE (86grt) was sunk on a
mine in 51-20-50N, 0-54-35E. T/Lt R.H.A. Remington RNVR, was lost in the
drifter. _____ Auxiliary ship ROSME (82grt) was sunk on a mine in
51-34-12N, 1-03E. _____ Finnish submarine VETEHINEN attacked Soviet steamer
VIBORG (4100grt) with gunfire north of Stenskaar. The steamer escaped, but was sunk by the next day
by Finnish submarine VESIKKO in 60-08N, 27-32E. _____ Light cruisers _____ Submarine UPHOLDER sank Italian steamer LAURA
COSULICH (5870grt) in 37-55N, 15-44E, east of _____ Light cruiser PHOEBE, Australian light cruiser Italian submarine MALACHITE attacked Light cruiser
PHOEBE in 32-25N, 24-40E, without success. _____ En route to Tobruk, Australian destroyer STUART
sighted a submarine on the surface off Mersa Matruh. Destroyer DEFENDER hunted the submarine without
success, while destroyers STUART and VENDETTA continued to Tobruk. _____ Submarine OSIRIS arrived at _____ Submarine UTMOST arrived at _____ Corvette COREOPSIS and anti-submarine trawlers LADY
HOGARTH and LADY SHIRLEY departed _____ Convoy SL.80 departed On the 23rd, destroyers BROKE and WOLVERINE to 29
July and VERITY to 26 July after a collision with destroyer BROKE and
corvettes HIBISCUS and PERIWINKLE to 29 July, joined the convoy. The convoy
arrived at Friday, 4 July Destroyer ESKIMO departed The destroyer arrived at Sheerness at 1800 on the
8th.Her refit was completed in September. _____ Minelayer PLOVER, escorted by destroyer HAMBLEDON,
laid minefield BS 67, off the east coast of England. _____ British trawler AKRANES (T/Lt W.A.C. Harvey RNVR)
was sunk by German bombing off There were no casualties on the steamer. _____ Convoy OG.67 departed On the 9th, the destroyers and corvettes ARBUTUS,
BEGONIA, CONVOLVULUS, JASMINE, and PIMPERNEL, and the catapult ship were
detached. Corvettes COREOPSIS from _____ British steamer BALFRON (362grt) was sunk by German
bombing 3½ miles 38° from Ravescar. Four crew were missing on the steamer. _____ British steamer LUNAN (363grt) was sunk on a mine
in 51-26-48N, 3-10-24W. Five crew of a crew of six were lost. _____ Motor vessel GOLDFINCH (454grt) was damaged by a
mine ten miles 273° from St Bees Head, The vessel was towed to Whitehaven. _____ U.69 sank British steamer ROBERT L. Vice Admiral N.A. Wodehouse, Commodore 2nd Class,
was lost in the steamer. _____ U.123 sank British steamer AUDITOR (5444grt) at
25-33N, 28-23W. One crewman was killed on the steamer. _____ British troopship CAMERONIA arrived at Light cruiser HERMIONE from raider hunting and
destroyers LANCE and LEGION from convoy OG.66 escort arrived at Aircraft carrier FURIOUS and troopships Light cruiser EDINBURGH relieved light cruiser
HERMIONE after being detached from convoy WS.9B 3 July. Light cruiser
HERMIONE proceeded to patrol duties. Destroyer FAULKNOR was detached from
convoy OG.66 on the 5th to join aircraft carrier FURIOUS. Destroyer WISHART
departed the escort on the 8th to refuel at Aircraft carrier FURIOUS was bombed by three German
Focke Wulf aircraft in 36-28N, 10-51W on the 5th, but was not damaged. The aircraft carrier arrived in the _____ Submarine _____ Submarine URGE arrived at _____ anti-submarine whaler GOS 3 departed _____ Light cruisers NAIAD and _____ Ocean boarding vessel CAVINA intercepted German
steamer Steamer _____ Submarine _____ Heavy cruiser The cruiser operated from _____ Dutch steamer SIBAJAK departed Light cruiser The steamer arrived at Saturday, 5 July Heavy cruiser _____ For Operation DN, Light cruiser The force was sighted by German aircraft on 5/6
July. The ships then returned to _____ Destroyer JUPITER departed _____ Dutch destroyer ISAAC SWEERS arrived at _____ Anti-aircraft ship ALYNBANK departed Methil at 1130
to cover convoy EC.41 from The ship arrived at _____ Italian submarine MICHELE BIANCHI was sunk by
Submarine TIGRIS in 45N, 04W in Biscay. There were no survivors from the Italian submarine. _____ Auxiliary minesweeper SNAEFELL (A/T/Lt Cdr F. Brett
Brett was lost in the minesweeper. T/Sub Lt F. Greenwood
RNVR, and T/Lt A.R.D. Morgan RNVR, were wounded. _____ Destroyer HOLDERNESS struck a mine in the The damage required twenty six days to repair. _____ Submarines TRAVELLER and TROOPER, building at the
Scotts yard at The submarines were damaged again on the 8th by
bombing. _____ British steamer FOWEY ROSE (470grt) was sunk by
German bombing in 51-51N, 5-28W. Eight crew were missing on the steamer. _____ U.96 attacked a group of ships composed of
surveying ship CHALLENGER, and British steamer ANSELM (5954grt), carrying
troops and RAF personnel for Takoradi, escorted by corvettes STARWORT,
LAVENDER, and PETUNIA. These ships had departed the The submarine sank steamer ANSELM in 44-25N,
28-35W. Four crew and about two hundred and fifty troops were lost on the
steamer of a crew of 98 and 1210 troops. Ship CHALLENGER rescued 970
survivors and corvette STARWORT 240. They were all later transferred to armed
merchant cruiser _____ anti-submarine trawler NORTHERN FOAM sighted a
German submarine on the surface in 62-20N, 15-37E. The submarine escaped at high speed on the surface. anti-submarine trawlers NORTHERN PRINCESS and
NORTHERN _____ Latvian steamer RASMA (3204grt) was damaged on a
mine laid by Finnish submarine VESIHIISI on 23 June north of Ekholm. The steamer was beached to avoid sinking, but was
sunk by German motor torpedo boats S.26 and S.28 on the 10th. _____ Swedish steamer STIG GORTHON (2241grt) was sunk on
a mine off Borkum. The entire crew was rescued. _____ British steamer BENCRUACHEN (5920grt) was sunk ona
mine 9.8 cables 297° from Mex High Light. Three crew were lost on the
steamer. Motor yacht WYREEMA (31grt) was lost when the
steamer was sunk. _____ Light cruisers A night sweep was conducted by light cruiser _____ Submarine _____ Submarine Sunday, 6 July Convoy OB.343 departed _____ P/T/A/Sub Lt (A) T. Duncan RNVR, and Air Mechanic
B.E. Randle were killed when their Fulmar of 759 Squadron crashed near
Ilchester. _____ British steam trawler _____ Swedish steamer BIRGITTA 91363grt) was damaged by
German bombing in 53-05N, 1-19E. The steamer was towed to Great Yarmouth. _____ British steamer The steamer was towed to Immingham. _____ Light cruisers A night sweep was conducted by light cruisers NAIAD
and PHOEBE and destroyers _____ Submarine TRIUMPH sank Italian steamer NINFEA
(607grt) and escorting gunboat DE LUTTI off In the encounter, submarine TRIUMPH was hit by an
Italian shore battery shell and was forced to return to _____ Dutch submarine O.21 departed _____ Submarine P.33 arrived at _____ A Catalina aircraft sighted a submarine on the
surface in 37-34N, 12-22W. Destroyers FEARLESS and FORESTER with convoy OG.66
were ordered to that position, but did not make contact. _____ Convoy HX.137 departed Convoy BHX.137 departed Corvettes BARRIE and MATAPEDIA joined on the 7th
and were detached on the 8th. On the 9th, destroyers _____ British troopship ELLEGNA departed Monday, 7 July Aircraft carrier ARGUS completed her refit at the The aircraft carrier was allocated for deck landing
training duties. _____ The Flag of the Rear Admiral Commanding 10th
Cruiser Squadron was temporarily transferred to base ship On the 10th, the flag returned to light cruiser _____ Destroyer HEYTHROP departed |
