Friday, 9 August
Destroyer JAVELIN departed Scapa Flow at 1415 for Lerwick to escort British steamer ROGNVALD to Aberdeen.
At Aberdeen, destroyer JAVELIN meet LOCHNAGAR and escorted her to Lerwick, arriving at 1545 on the 11th.
Destroyer JAVELIN then arrived at Scapa Flow.
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Convoy OA.196 departed Methil escorted by sloop ROCHESTER and corvette PRIMROSE on the 9th. Anti-submarine trawlers KING SOL and AYRSHIRE escorted the convoy on the 11th.
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Convoy FN.247 departed Southend, escorted by destroyer WINCHESTER, sloop WESTON, patrol sloop SHELDRAKE. The convoy arrived in the Tyne on the 11th.
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Convoy MT.135 departed Methil. The convoy arrived in the Tyne later that day.
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Convoy FS.247 departed the Tyne, escorted by destroyers VEGA and WESTMINSTER. The convoy arrived at Southend on the 11th.
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U.30 sank Swedish steamer CANTON (5779grt/总吨位) seventy miles west of Tory Island.
Sixteen crewmembers were missing in the loss of the steamer.
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Italian destroyers MAESTRALE, GRECALE, LIBECCIO, SCIROCCO laid mines off Pantelleria.
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Dutch light cruiser SUMATRA departed Trinidad for Freetown.
The light cruiser arrived on the 20th, en route to the Dutch East Indies.