Friday, 4 July

Destroyer ESKIMO departed Scapa Flow for Sheerness and refitting at London.

The destroyer arrived at Sheerness at 1800 on the 8th.Her refit was completed in September.

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Minelayer PLOVER, escorted by destroyer HAMBLEDON, laid minefield BS 67, off the east coast of England.

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British trawler AKRANES (T/Lt .A.C. Harvey RNVR) was sunk by German bombing off Bridlington Bay.

There were no casualties on the steamer.

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Convoy OG.67 departed Liverpool escorted by destroyers CHELSEA and VERITY, sloop BIDEFORD, corvettes ARBUTUS, BEGONIA, CONVOLVULUS, JASMINE, LARKSPUR, and RHODODENDRON, ocean boarding vessel LADY SOMERS. The ocean boarding vessel was detached that evening. On the 5th, catapult ship PEGASUS and corvette PIMPERNEL joined the escort.

On the 9th, the destroyers and corvettes ARBUTUS, BEGONIA, CONVOLVULUS, JASMINE, and PIMPERNEL, and the catapult ship were detached.

Corvettes COREOPSIS from Gibraltar and JONQUIL and SPIRAEA from convoy HG.67 joined the escort on the 14th.Corvette SPIRAEA was detached on the 15th to assist ocean boarding vessel LADY SOMERS, which had been torpedoed. The convoy arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th, escorted by sloop BIDEFORD, anti-submarine trawler ARCTIC RANGER, corvettes JONQUIL and COREOPSIS, Dutch submarine O.24, and naval trawlers COPINSAY and ARRAN.

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British steamer BALFRON (362grt/总吨位) was sunk by German bombing 3? miles 38° from Ravescar. Four crew were missing on the steamer.

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British steamer LUNAN (363grt/总吨位) was sunk on a mine in 51-26-48N, 3-10-24.

Five crew of a crew of six were lost.

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Motor vessel GOLDFINCH (454grt/总吨位) was damaged by a mine ten miles 273° from St Bees Head, Solway Firth.

The vessel was towed to Whitehaven.

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U.69 sank British steamer ROBERT L. HOLT (2918grt/总吨位) at 24-15N, 20-00.

Vice Admiral N.A. Wodehouse, Commodore 2nd Class, was lost in the steamer.

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U.123 sank British steamer AUDITOR (5444grt/总吨位) at 25-33N, 28-23. One crewman was killed on the steamer.

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British troopship CAMERONIA arrived at Gibraltar from Freetown.

Light cruiser HERMIONE from raider hunting and destroyers LANCE and LEGION from convoy OG.66 escort arrived at Gibraltar.

Aircraft carrier FURIOUS and troopships SCYTHIA and CAMERONIA departed Gibraltar for the Clyde, escorted by light cruiser HERMIONE and destroyers LANCE, LEGION, WISHART, and FURY.

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 Ponta Delgada and then return to Gibraltar. On the 9th, aircraft carrier FURIOUS rendezvoused with battleship ROYAL SOVEREIGN and light cruiser EDINBURGH was detached. Light cruisers EDINBURGH and HERMIONE arrived at Gibraltar on the 10th. Destroyers FAULKNOR and FURY arrived back at Gibraltar on the 14th.

Aircraft carrier FURIOUS was bombed by three German Focke Wulf aircraft in 36-28N, 10-51 on the 5th, but was not damaged.

The aircraft carrier arrived in the Clyde on the 12th with battleship ROYAL SOVEREIGN, steamers SCYTHIA and CAMERONIA, carrying 188 prisoners of war, and destroyers PIORUN, LANCE, and LEGION.

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Submarine SEVERN arrived at Gibraltar from patrol in the Tyrrhenian Sea.

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Submarine URGE arrived at Malta from patrol.

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anti-submarine whaler GOS 3 departed Gibraltar for Freetown.

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Light cruisers NAIAD and AJAX with destroyers JACKAL, NIZAM, KIMBERLEY, and HAVOCK shelled French positions on the Syrian coast.

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Ocean boarding vessel CAVINA intercepted German steamer FRANKFURT (5522grt/总吨位), which had departed Rio de Janiero on 26 June, in 31-34N, 37-42.

Steamer FRANKFURT scuttled herself. The vessel rescued twenty six survivors from the steamer.Some twenty crew members were missing.

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Submarine TORBAY sank two caiques with troops and stores with artillery off Doro Channel.

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Heavy cruiser EXETER arrived at Aden.

The cruiser operated from Aden from 4 July until the end of September when she docked at Colombo.

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Dutch steamer SIBAJAK departed Durban with 800 personnel from convoy WS.8X. The steamer was escorted by light cruiser COLOMBO to 5-20S, 50E, where the escort was relieved by light cruiser MAURITIUS.

Light cruiser MAURITIUS escorted to 4-25N, 86-50E where she was relieved by light cruiser DURBAN.

The steamer arrived at Singapore on the 19th.