Thursday, 7 August

Destroyers ANTELOPE and ACTIVE arrived Seidisfjord at 0600 on completion of Operation EF.

ACTIVE departed later in the day for Scapa Flow arriving at 1330/8th.

ANTELOPE departed at 2200 escorting damaged destroyer ACHATES in the tow of tug ASSURANCE sailing for the Tyne.

At 2200/10th, the destroyers arrived at the Faroes after having been hove to in bad weather. They later arrived at Skaalefjord at 1230/11th.

ANTELOPE departed and went on to Scapa Flow, arriving at 2200/11th.

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Heavy cruiser DEVONSHIRE, aircraft carrier VICTORIOUS, and destroyers INGLEFIELD, ICARUS, and ESCAPADE arrived at Scapa Flow at 2330 on completion of Operation EF.

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Light cruisers NIGERIA and AURORA and destroyers TARTAR and PUNJABI arrived at Scapa Flow at 1815 on completion of Operation FB.

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Destroyer SOMALI departed Southampton for Greenock on completion of refitting.

The destroyer arrived at Greenock at 1700/8th and sailed at 2200 for Scapa Flow, where she arrived at 1700/9th.

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Minesweeper HARRIER departed Seidisfjord to investigate a submarine and minesweeping search in Vidfjord.

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T/Sub Lt (A) J. R. Allen RNVR, Leading Airman A. A. Shields, and Mr. J. Goddard were killed when their Albacore of 820 Squadron crashed off Stokes Bay Pier.

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Motor minesweeper MMS.39 was lost on a mine in the Thames Estuary.

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Submarine SEVERN unsuccessfully attacked a submarine in 34-48N, 13-04.

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Tanker GOLD SHELL (8208grt/总吨位) was damaged by German bombing in 55-05N, 1-32E. She was towed to Hull and then taken to Middlesborough for repairs.

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Dutch submarine O.24 sank Italian coastal steamer MARGHERITA MADRE (296grt/总吨位) 15 miles off Anzio in 41-23N, 12-38E. The submarine had made an unsuccessful attack on another steamer in the Ligurian Sea four hours earlier.

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Light cruiser NEPTUNE, minelaying cruiser ABDIEL, and destroyer JACKAL departed Port Said for Famagusta in Serial S.15 of the GUILLOTINE operation. The troops were landed during the night of 7/8 August. They ships then proceeded to Haifa.

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Destroyers KANDAHAR and KIMBERLEY departed Alexandria for Mersa Matruh, but they were recalled at dark.

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Tug AMIRAL LACAZE (332grt/总吨位) was sunk by German bombing at Famagusta, but was later refloated and repaired.

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The 17th Motor Launch Flotilla of ML.242,ML 266, ML.256,ML 261, ML.263,ML 265, and ML.274 arrived at Gibraltar, escorted by anti-submarine whaler SOUTHERN GEM. ML.272 of the Flotilla arrived on the 8th, escorted by anti-submarine whaler SOUTHERN PRIDE. On the 16th, the Flotilla, escorted by the two whalers and anti-submarine trawler ARRAN departed Gibraltar for Bathurst, arriving on the 23rd. The ML’s and whalers proceeded to Freetown separately at the end of the month.