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Background Events - June-November 1941 Invasion of Russia, Malta Convoys, Japan prepares for war
1941
Monday, 1 September Heavy cruiser _____ Light cruiser _____ Convoy ON.12 departed
_____ British trawler HAZEL, Belgian trawler VAN OOST and
tanker OLIGARCH arrived at Sveagruva, and departed on the 3rd.
Following operations EGV One and Two, these ships, plus destroyer
ESCAPADE arrived at _____ Destroyer BEDOUIN arrived at _____ Destroyer _____ The United States Navy assumed patrol of the Denmark
Strait with battleships IDAHO, MISSISSIPPI, _____ The flag of Commander in Chief, Mediterranean
Fleet, was transferred to the battleship QUEEN ELIZABETH, while Vice Admiral
Commanding First Battle Squadron transferred to battleship BARHAM. _____ Motor torpedo boats _____ Submarine UPHOLDER arrived at _____ An Italian convoy of steamers ANDREA GRITTI
(6338grt), RIALLTO (6099grt), VETTOR PISANI (6339grt), FRANCESCO BARBARO
(6343grt), SABASTIANO VENIER (6311grt) departed _____ Submarine OTUS departed Tuesday, 2 September Force M, aircraft carrier VICTORIOUS, heavy
cruisers SUFFOLK, DEVONSHIRE and destroyers ECLIPSE, ESCAPADE, INGLEFIELD,
ELECTRA, ACTIVE and IMPULSIVE departed Sardam Bay after refuelling for a raid
on a German convoy off Hammerfest on the 3rd. Senior Officer Force M
transferred his flag from DEVONSHIRE to VICTORIOUS from 1 to 4
September when he returned to the heavy cruiser. At 0540/3rd, the force was
sighted by German reconnaissance and the rendezvous with Force L was changed
to 75-25N, 6-50E. _____ Light cruiser Light cruiser AURORA departed Sveagruva on the 2nd
for Gronfjord. Trawler ELM with four Norwegian prizes departed
Gronfjord on the 3rd for Akureyri. The ships all arrived on the 10th to coal.
They departed Akureyri on the 12th for The Spitzbergen community was embarked on the
EMPRESS OF CANADA and the town demolished. On the 3rd, the cruisers,
destroyers, and the liner departed Spitzbergen for the On the 4th, the cruisers were detached from the
force. At 0100/6th, light cruiser PENELOPE departed Destroyer LIGHTNING departed _____ Heavy cruiser _____ Light cruiser _____ Light cruiser EURYALUS departed _____ Destroyer ESKIMO departed _____ Free French destroyer LA CORDELIERE ran aground in
Scottish waters and damaged her anti-submarine dome. _____ P/T/Midshipman (A) J. F. Williams RNVR, was killed
when his Hurricane of 759/760 Squadron crashed near _____ Anti-submarine trawler _____ Convoy OS.5 departed Sloop ENCHANTRESS and escort vessel HARTLAND joined
on the 3rd and were detached on the 17th. Escort vessel WALNEY joined on the
6th and was detached on the 17th. On the 17th, destroyer BRILLIANT, corvettes
AMARANTHUS and ASPHODEL, and anti-submarine trawler SARABANDE joined. The
destroyer, corvette AMARANTHUS, and the trawler were detached on the 18th.
Corvette ASPHODEL was detached on the 20th. The convoy arrived at _____ German steamer OSLEBSHAUSEN (4989grt) was
sunk by a torpedo near Obrestad. As this does not correspond to any noted
sinking, she was presumably lost on a mine. _____ Convoy HG.72 departed Gibraltar escorted by
destroyers BOREAS, FARNDALE, VIDETTE, and WILD SWAN, sloop LEITH, fighter
catapult ship MAPLIN, and corvettes CAMPION, CAMPANULA, BLUEBELL, WALLFLOWER,
and HYDRANGEA. The catapult ship and destroyer VIDETTE were
detached later on the 2nd. Destroyer BOREAS was detached to refuel at Destroyers CROOME and VIMY departed On the 7th, destroyers FARNDALE and WILD SWAN were
detached to refuel at Sloop DEPTFORD joined the convoy on the 10th, sloop
Destroyers CALDWELL, VANOC, VOLUNTEER, and WALKER
joined on the 12th. On the 14th, a Hurricane from catapult ship MAPLIN
drove off a German Fw.200 bomber one hundred miles south of On the 15th, sloop DEPTFORD was detached. The convoy arrived at _____ Submarine URSULA arrived at _____ Submarine TRIUMPH arrived at _____ Convoy ST.2 departed Wednesday, 3 September Aircraft carrier VICTORIOUS's air strike in
Operation EGV.1 against Tromso was canceled due to the lack of cloud cover. _____ Minelayer MANXMAN arrived from Loch Alsh. The
minelayer, escorted by light cruiser KENYA and destroyer LIGHTNING, departed
Scapa Flow at 1000 to laid minefield EH off Stadtlandet during the night of
3/4 September. The force arrived back at The minelaying cruiser departed _____ Submarine TRIDENT, returning to Polyarnoe,
unsuccessfully attacked U.566. _____ Destroyer WOLFHOUND was damaged by a near miss of a
German air bomb in the The destroyer was under repair for nineteen months
at _____ U.567 sank British steamer The steamer was slightly damaged by German bombing
seven hours before U.567's attack. Thirty six crew and five passengers were lost on
the steamer. Polish destroyer PIORUN picked up twenty six survivors and
destroyer GARLAND one survivor. _____ Destroyer ENCOUNTER departed The destroyer operated off Destroyer ENCOUNTER arrived at _____ Battleship VALIANT, light cruiser HOBART, and
destroyers were at sea exercising from _____ Submarine OTUS attacked a southbound convoy in
35-40N, 18-07E. The submarine reported two hits on a steamer. _____ Dutch submarine O.23 departed _____ Greek submarine PAPANICOULIS, on passage from The submarine was towed back to _____ Greek destroyer PANTHER departed _____ Italian steamer COMMANDANT BAFILE (1790grt) was
lost when she ran aground near Thursday, 4 September Forces M and L rendezvoused for Operation STRENGTH.
_____ Destroyers BEDOUIN and VIVACIOUS departed Scapa
Flow at 2100 to meet battleship KING GEORGE V at Oxcars Gate and provide
escort for her to Scapa Flow on the 5th. _____ _____ Destroyer RIPLEY ran aground off Flamborough Head. The destroyer was towed off the same day. She
received temporary repairs at _____ British steamer ABBAS COMBE (489grt) was sunk by
German bombing five miles north, northwest of Four crew were missing on the steamer. _____ Dutch steamer TON S. (466grt) was damaged by German
bombing in 52-58N, 4-55W. The steamer arrived at _____ American destroyer GREER was cooperating with a
British aircraft west, southwest of The aircraft dropped two depth charges at U.652
which took them to be from the destroyer. The submarine fired a torpedo at destroyer GREER. Destroyer WATCHMAN joined briefly at 1415 and was
then detached. _____ An Italian convoy of steamers SIRENA (974grt),
SPARVIERO (498grt), and IMPERIA (222grt), escorted by torpedo PALLADE and
CENTAURO, departed Torpedo boat PALLADE was detached on the 5th. On the 7th, Submarine THUNDERBOLt sank steamer
SIRENA fifty miles west of _____ Australian destroyer VENDETTA arrived at The destroyer escorting British steamer SALAMAUA
arrived on the 6th. The destroyer then proceeded to _____ Destroyers _____ British steamer HARPALYCUS (5629grt) was damaged by
German bombing off Ashrafi Reef, Steamer HARPALYCUS arrived at _____ Corvettes FLEUR DE LYS and AZALEA departed The corvettes and tankers INVERLEE and BRITISH
FREEDOM arrived at _____ Anti-submarine trawlers LADY SHIRLEY and LADY
HOGARTH departed The trawlers arrived at Funchal on the 9th; LADY
SHIRLEY under tow with condenser problems. The tanker arrived at _____ Submarine _____ Submarine UNBEATEN arrived at _____ Convoy SL.86 departed Ocean boarding vessel HILARY joined on the 18th to
25 September. Destroyers BROKE, CHELSEA, and MANSFIELD joined on
the 22nd to 26 September. Destroyer VANSITTART escorted the convoy on the
24th only. The convoy arrived at _____ Convoy HX.148 departed Friday, 5 September Battleship KING GEORGE V with destroyers BEDOUIN,
VIVACIOUS, and Destroyer LAFOREY departed The battleship and destroyers BEDOUIN, VIVACIOUS,
and LAFOREY arrived at _____ Light cruisers On the 7th at 0130, they attacked a German convoy
of German steamers German ship BREMSE was sunk in the action. Light cruiser Light cruiser Destroyers BEDOUIN and ESKIMO departed Heavy cruiser All four ships arrived at At 1700/11th, cruiser The damage to _____ Destroyers ELECTRA and ACTIVE arrived at _____ Monitor EREBUS, escorted by motor launch ML.188,
departed The two ships arrived at Lerwick at 1530/6th for
trials expected to take six days. _____ Convoy ON.13 departed _____ Destroyer LINCOLN arrived at Destroyer LINCOLN departed _____ U.501 sank Norwegian steamer EINVIK (2000grt),
which was straggling behind convoy SC.41,at 60-38N, 31-18W. The entire crew
were rescued. _____ Italian submarine BARACCA sank Panamanian steamer Ten crew reached _____ Dutch submarine O.21 sank Italian steamer ISARCO
(5738grt) twenty eight miles southeast of The submarine picked up twenty two survivors from
the steamer and arrived back at _____ Submarine PERSEUS damaged Italian tanker MAYA
(3867grt) from a convoy of Rumanian steamer BALCIK and tanker MAYA, escorted
by torpedo boat SIRIO, which departed Because the steamer could not be towed, she was
beached. _____ An Italian convoy of steamers ERNESTO (7272grt),
COL DI LANA (5891grt), and POZARICA (7751grt) departed Twenty miles north of Pantelleria, on the 7th,
steamer ERNESTO was damaged by Dutch submarine O.21. Steamer ERNESTO with destroyer STRALE and torpedo
boat CIRCE arrived at _____ Submarine OSIRIS departed The submarine arrived on the 12th. _____ American steamer STEEL SEAFARER (5718grt) was sunk
by German bombing two hundred miles south of Twenty four survivors had reached _____ South African anti-submarine trawler PROTEA arrived
at _____ Convoy SC.43 departed Sydney, CB, escorted by armed
merchant cruiser AUSONIA and corvettes ARVIDA, _____ Heavy cruiser HAWKINS arrived at _____ The ships arrived at Saturday, 6 September Minesweeping trawler STRATHBORVE (216grt, T/Lt A.
W. Johnston _____ Destroyers There was no serious damage to destroyer Destroyer BURNHAM was sent to _____ British trawler BRORA (530grt) was lost in a
grounding in the _____ British steamer EMPIRE GUNNER (4492grt) was badly
damaged by German bombing in 52-08N, 5-18W. The steamer sank early on the 7th in 52-09N, 5-16W.
The entire crew were rescued. _____ British steamer STANMOUNT (4468grt) was damaged by
German bombing off 54D Buoy off Great Yarmouth. The steamer arrived at Immingham the next day. _____ U.141 sank British fishing trawler KING ERIK
(228grt) near The submarine reported sinking a second trawler the
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