Tuesday, 6 August

Destroyers EXPRESS, ESK, ICARUS, IMPULSIVE, INTREPID of the 20th Destroyer Flotilla departed Immingham on the 5th and met their motor torpedo boat escort.

Early on the 6th, the destroyers laid minefield CBX.4 off the Dutch coast in the Schoonveld and West Pit Passages off Thornton Ridge.

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The Clyde section of Convoy WS.2 of British steamers EMPRESS OF CANADA (21,517grt/总吨位), ES (25,689grt/总吨位), FRANCONIA (20,175grt/总吨位), SUFFOLK (11,063grt/总吨位), MEMNON (7506grt/总吨位), LANARKSHIRE (9816grt/总吨位) departed at 0630 escorted by heavy cruiser SHROPSHIRE, light cruiser EMERALD, destroyers FORTUNE, FURY, WATCHMAN, VORTIGERN.

The Liverpool section of Convoy WS.2 of British steamers CLAN MACAULEY (10492grt/总吨位), WAIWERA (10792grt/总吨位), ASKA (8323grt/总吨位), ORMONDE (14982grt/总吨位), MONARCH OF BERMUDA (22424grt/总吨位), ORION (23,371grt/总吨位), OTRANTO (20032grt/总吨位), STRATHEDEN (23772grt/总吨位), BATORY (14287grt/总吨位), EMPRESS OF BRITAIN (42348grt/总吨位), STRAITHARD (22284grt/总吨位) departed escorted by heavy cruiser CORNWALL and destroyers HIGHLANDER, HAVELOCK, HURRICANE, HARVESTER. Steamer ORION was forced to put into the Clyde the same day with engine defects.

Both sections rendezvoused on the 6th and traveled together at sea.

Various ships were detached en route and the troopships arrived safely at Capetown. on the 31st, the “slow group” WS.2 B of liners ORION, STRATHEDEN, ORMONDE, BATORY departed Capetown for Bombay. On 12 September, the “fast group” WS.2 A of liners EMPRESS OF BRITAIN, EMPRESS OF CANADA, ANDES departed Capetown.

Heavy cruiser SHROPSHIRE arrived at Simonstown on the 28th and joined the East Indies Command.

Heavy cruiser CORNWALL arrived at Simonstown on the 30th.

In the Indian Ocean,WS 2 A was escorted by cruisers HOBART and CARLISLE and destroyers KANDAHAR and KINGSTON and WS.2 B was escorted by heavy cruiser CORNWALL and armed merchant cruiser KANIMBLA.

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Destroyers ACHATES and FIREDRAKE patrolling off Cape Wrath joined convoy HX.60 A to give anti-submarine protection in Pentland Firth at 2200.

The destroyers arrived at Scapa Flow at 1000/7th after escorting the convoy to Pentland Firth.

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Destroyer INGLEFIELD (D.3), on passage from Loch Alsh to Scapa Flow, destroyer ANTHONY, escorting aircraft carrier FURIOUS on practices, proceeded to intercept two Dutch motor coasting vessels proceeding westward through the Pentland Firth.

The Dutch ships were intercepted. They were turned over to anti-submarine trawler REGAL (409grt/总吨位) which brought them to port for examination.

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Destroyers COSSACK and SIKH departed Scapa Flow to carry out anti-submarine patrols from 1700 in Fair Island Channel. No contact was made.

The destroyers met convoy WN.5 on the 7th in the Minches near Trodday Island and escorted it to Pentland Firth.

The destroyers were relieved at 0400 in convoy WN.5 off Cape Wrath by destroyer BERKELEY, which departed Scapa Flow at 2015 on the 8th. Destroyer BERKELEY continued south with the convoy to join the Nore Command.

Destroyers COSSACK and SIKH joined convoy OA.195 at 1515 on the 8th and escorted it to Cape Wrath.

Destroyers COSSACK and SIKH arrived at Scapa Flow at 0240.

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Destroyer AMAZON departed Scapa Flow to investigate a suspicious merchant ship report two miles 080° from Wick.

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Destroyer KEPPEL (D.12), ANTHONY, AMAZON departed Scapa Flow at 2200 and with destroyer ACHATES of convoy HX.60A proceeded to the Clyde to join the Western Approaches Command.

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Submarine SEALION was rammed at periscope depth by German auxiliary anti-submarine vessel UJ.123 while attacking a convoy southwest of Stavanger in 57-51N, 7-24E.

The submarine's periscopes, masts, aerials were wrecked.

German steamer CLARE HUGO STINNES (5295grt/总吨位) was missed by torpedoes and not damaged.

Submarine SEALION arrived at Rosyth on the 10th. She was repaired in the Tyne from 15 August to 23 October.

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Convoy OB.194 departed Liverpool escorted by destroyers WARWICK and HARVESTER and corvette CLARKIA from 6 to 9 August. Destroyer WARWICK and the corvette were detached to convoy SL.41.

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Convoy FN.244 departed Southend, escorted by destroyer VIVIEN, sloop LOWESTOFT, patrol sloop GUILLEMOT. The convoy arrived in the Tyne on the 8th.

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Convoy MT.132 departed Methil. The convoy arrived in the Tyne later that day.

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Convoy FS.244 departed the Tyne, escorted by destroyer WINCHESTER and sloop WESTON. The convoy arrived at Southend on the 8th.

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Italian light cruisers BARBIANO and GUISSANO with destroyers PIGAFETTA and ZENO laid mines near Pantelleria escorted by torpedo boats CASSIOPEA, CIGNO, PLEIAI, ALDEBARAN.

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In Operation TUBE, submarine PANDORA, which departed Gibraltar on 31 July, arrived at Malta with supplies of spares and ground equipment for the Hurricanes aircraft carrier ARGUS delivered in HURRY.

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Convoy BN2A departed Aden, escorted by light cruiser CERES and sloop PARRAMATTA. The convoy arrived at Suez on the 12th.

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German steamer FULDA (7744grt/总吨位) at Dairen was sold to Japan as TAKAI MARU.