Tuesday, 3 October

Anti-aircraft cruisers CALCUTTA departed Grimsby on patrol and arrived back on the 4th, while CAIRO departed and arrived back later the same day.

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Convoy OA.14 of seven ships departed Southend escorted by destroyers KELLY, KINGSTON, MONTROSE from the 3rd to 6th.

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Convoy OB.14 departed Liverpool escorted by destroyers VANOC and WHIRLWIND until the 5th.

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Convoy BC.8S departed Bristol Channel, escorted by destroyers EXMOUTH (S.O.) and EXPRESS. The convoy was also escorted by French large destroyers L'INDOMPTABLE, TRIOMPHANT and MILAN on the 4th and 5th, and arrived in the Loire on the 5th.

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Convoy SA.10 of one cargo ship departed Southampton, escorted by destroyer ANTHONY, and reached Brest on the 4th.

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Convoy FS.16 departed Methil, arriving at Southend on the 5th. There was no FN.16 convoy.

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German destroyers HERMANN SCHOEMANN, FRIEDRICH IHN, ERICH STEINBRINCK and torpedo boats GREIF, FALKE and ALBATROS conducted anti-shipping patrols in the Kattegat and Skagerrak from the 3rd to 5th.

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U.35 sank Greek steamer DIAMANTIS (4990grt/总吨位) southwest of Ireland, 40 miles west of Skellig Rocks in 49?22N, 6?46, and then landed the crew at Ballymore, Dingle Bay, Ireland.

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Heavy cruisers SUSSEX and SHROPSHIRE, which departed Alexandria on the 2nd, left Suez on the 3rd for the Red Sea. They reached Aden on the 6th and departed the same day for duty in the Indian Ocean, arriving at Simonstown on the 13th.

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Heavy cruiser CUMBERLAND and light cruiser DESPATCH departed Freetown for South America, with DESPATCH arriving at Bermuda on the 15th for docking.

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Heavy cruiser BERWICK arrived at Halifax.

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Destroyers GRENVILLE, GIPSY, GRENADE, GRIFFIN from Convoy Green 3 and DELIGHT and DECOY from other escort duties arrived at Malta. DELIGHT and DECOY departed the next day, while GRENADE and GRIFFIN left on the 5th to relieve destroyers DUCHESS and DEFENDER escorting convoy Blue 3. DUCHESS and DEFENDER reached Malta on the 5th.

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Convoy SO.19 of armed merchant cruiser ALCANTARA (22,209grt/总吨位) and steamers ATHLONE CASTLE (25,564grt/总吨位), EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA (21,833grt/总吨位) and FRANCONIA (20,175grt/总吨位) arrived at Gibraltar. Destroyers INGLEFIELD and IVANHOE arrived separately that day after being separated in heavy weather. From there, the convoy proceeded as Convoy Red 2 escorted by destroyers GREYHOUND and GLOWWORM, later joined by sister ships GRENVILLE and GIPSY.

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Norwegian steamer HOEGH TRANSPORTER (4914grt/总吨位) was sunk on a British defensive minefield off St John Island at the entrance to Singapore with the loss of one member of crew. The wreck and cargo were salved.