Tuesday, 12 September
Destroyer JAGUAR – commanded by Lt Cdr J F Hine was completed, and following working up at Portland, joined the 7th Flotilla at Rosyth, arriving on the 28th.
Northern Patrol - light cruisers CALEDON and CALYPSO left Scapa Flow for Northern Patrol duties, and arrived back on the 19th.
Northwestern approaches - aircraft carrier ARK ROYAL aircraft attacked a submarine 150 miles NW of Cape Wrath. Destroyers FAULKNOR and FIREDRAKE were detached to search, but failed to make contact. Destroyers FAME and FORESTER from were despatched to search the area. The destroyers returned to Scapa Flow later that day.
Home Fleet units - battleship NELSON, battlecruiser REPULSE, and destroyers SOMALI, BEDOUIN, MASHONA, PUNJABI, TARTAR of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla departed Scapa Flow for Loch Ewe at 1915, and light cruisers AURORA and SHEFFIELD for Sullom Voe, the latter arriving on the 12th.
NELSON, REPULSE, MASHONA and SOMALI arrived at Loch Ewe (the small port of Aultbrea, designated Port A for security reasons) at 0730/13th. BEDOUIN, PUNJABI, TARTAR were detached on anti-submarine patrol, joined by ESKIMO which departed Scapa on the 11th did not reach Loch Ewe until the 15th.
Light cruiser NEWCASTLE departed Plymouth following a refit, arrived at Scapa Flow on the 13th to work up and joined 18th Cruiser Squadron on the 15th.
British east coast - Convoy FS.4 departed Methil, escorted by destroyers VALOROUS, WALLACE, WANDERER. WANDERER attacked a submarine contact near Inner Dowsing, and the convoy arrived at Southend on the 14th.
Sloop BITTERN attacked a submarine contact 18 miles off Flamborough.
Sloop ENCHANTRESS attacked a submarine contact off Flamborough Head.
U.13 on patrol in the central North Sea near Orfordness picked up four men from a downed German Do.18 aircraft.
Destroyers of the 19th Flotilla attacked a submarine contact near Kentish Knock.
Destroyer BRAZEN’s condenser problems were repaired at Chatham beginning on the 12th and completing on the 19th.
Kattegat - German destroyer RICHARD BEITZEN and torpedo boat T.107 conducted an anti-shipping patrol in the Kattegat from the 12th to 14th, without result.
U.56 departed Kiel to patrol off the east coast of Laeso island, Denmark.
German waters - U.40 arrived at Wilhelmshaven.
Baltic - German experimental ship OTTO BRAUN was damaged by a Polish coastal defense battery at Hela. Reports in contemporary Allied press reports identified her as battleship SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN.
Dover Straits - destroyer BRILLIANT struck the Dover breakwater on the 12th, docked at Dover to make her seaworthy before proceeding to Chatham, where she arrived on the 15th. Repairs completed on 16 October.
UK-France convoy - DB.1 of one fast steamer, escorted by destroyers SCIMITAR and VANSITTART departed Southampton for Brest, arriving on the 13th.
French waters - French destroyer SIROCCO departed Brest escorting submarine SIDI FERRUCH to Cherbourg, arriving on the 13th. SIROCCO arrived back on the 16th.
Mediterranean - French destroyers BORDELAIS, L'ALCYON, TROMBE of the 8th Destroyer Division departed Marseilles escorting Convoy Number 14 to Oran, arriving on the 14th.
Caribbean - light cruiser ORION and Australian light cruiser PERTH departed Kingston on patrol and arrived back on the 18th.
Central Atlantic - light cruiser DURBAN departed Freetown for Capetown, arriving on the 28th to repair defects.
Indian Ocean - aircraft carrier EAGLE departed Colombo on raider hunting duties for a week around Ceylon, the Maldives, and Seychilles.
Pacific - New Zealand light cruiser ACHILLES arrived at Valparaiso for refuelling and then departed on the 13th on patrol.