Wednesday, 8 November

On Northern Patrol, were two cruisers between the Orkneys and the Faroes, three cruisers and one AMC between the Faroes and Iceland, and light cruiser NEWCASTLE and two AMCs in the Denmark Strait.

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Light cruisers DUNEDIN, DELHI and DIOMEDE departed Sullom Voe. DUNEDIN and DELHI relieved light cruisers CALEDON and CERES which then returned to Sullom Voe on the 9th. DUNEDIN, DELHI and DIOMEDE all arrived at Loch Ewe on the 15th, DUNEDIN with rudder trouble and DIOMEDE with weather damage to her upper deck. DIOMEDE and DUNEDIN reported sighting a periscope in Yell Sound and DUNEDIN dropped a depth charge on the contact, after which destroyer KELLY searched unsuccessfully for the U-boat. Coast watchers reported a submarine in Yell Sound during the afternoon of the 9th and five destroyers were eventually detailed to search. As a result of these sightings, the Northern Patrol cruisers were ordered to use Loch Ewe instead of Sullom Voe.

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Sloops GRIMSBY and FLAMINGO, on passage to Harwich, were searching for a submarine six miles ENE of Hartlepool.

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Convoy OA.32G of 23 ships departed Southend escorted by destroyers VENETIA and WIVERN from the 8th to the 10th, and destroyers WAKEFUL and WHITEHALL from the 10th to 11th. On the 11th, the convoy merged with OB.32G, which was escorted by destroyers MACKAY and VIMY until the 11th, becoming OG.6.

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Steamers DUNKELD (4944grt/总吨位) and FERNPOOL in convoy SL.6B collided at 2350/8th. Destroyer WALPOLE escorted the damaged ships to Bristol Channel, and then returned to the convoy at 1530/9th.

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Planned minelaying operations during the night of the 8th/9th in the Thames and 10th/11th in the Humber by German destroyers KARL GALSTER, HANS LüDEMAN and HERMANN KüNNE of the 5th Destroyer Division, FRIEDRICH ECKHOLDT and FRIEDRICH IHN of the 6th Destroyer Division, and PAUL JACOBI, THEODOR RIEDEL and HERMANN SCHOEMANN of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla, were cancelled due to defects in KüNNE.

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Convoy HXF.8 departed Halifax at 1400 escorted by Canadian destroyers FRASER and ST LAURENT, which detached on the 10th. Ocean escort was armed merchant cruiser ASCANIA, which detached on the 19th and then returned to Halifax. The convoy was escorted in Home Waters by destroyers WINCHELSEA and WARWICK from convoy OB.35, and ACASTA and ARDENT from convoy OA.35 from the 19th to 20th. The convoy arrived at Dover on the 21st.

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Aircraft carrier EAGLE, Australian light cruiser HOBART and destroyer WESTCOTT departed Singapore for Colombo on convoy duty, arriving on the 12th.

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SloopsEGRET departed Durban and ROCHESTER from Aden, both to return to Home Waters, via Suez.

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Destroyer DAINTY departed Gibraltar for refitting at Malta, arriving on the 10th.

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Convoy SL.8 departed Freetown escorted by armed merchant cruiser CILICIA. On the 23rd, destroyers VANQUISHER, VERSATILE and WITHERINGTON from convoy OB.39 joined the convoy, which arrived next day.

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French torpedo boats BALISTE and LA POURSIVANTE arrived at Gibraltar from Toulon, departing on the 9th for Casablanca.