Sunday, 8 September

During the night of 8/9 September, light cruiser GALATEA with destroyers CAMPBELL, GARTH, and VESPER plus light cruiser AURORA with destroyers HAMBLEDON, HOLDERNESS, and VENETIA were to shell German shipping concentrations off Calais and Boulogne. From 0225 to 0245, British Anson aircraft dropped flares over both ports. No shipping was found in Calais Roads, and GALATEA did not conduct a bombardment. However, AURORA did bombarded the Boulogne harbour area. Destroyers ATHERSTONE, BERKELEY, BULLDOG, BEAGLE, and FERNIE swept along the French coast in a broad sweep from Le Tonquet to the southwest up to five miles north of Cape Antifer. The cruisers arrived back at Sheerness on the 9th. On her return, GALATEA struck a mine at 0525 off Sheerness and repaired at Chatham until 8 January 1941.

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Armed merchant cruiser CHITRAL was at sea escorted by destroyers AMAZON and ANTELOPE in the Western Approaches. The two destroyers were detached for anti-submarine operations, and replaced by Canadian destroyer SKEENA.

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Convoy OA.211 departed Methil escorted by sloop WESTON and corvette PRIMROSE.

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Convoy OB.210 departed Liverpool escorted by destroyer SKATE with corvettes ANEMONE and ARABIS. Destroyer SHIKARI joined on the 9th. The escort was detached on the 10th.

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Motor torpedo boats MTB.15 and MTB.17 attacked and reported sinking a German ammunition ship and damaging a cargo vessel off Ostend. MTB.14 was also in the attack.

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S/Lt J. C. Carpenter, flying a Hurricane of RAF 46 Squadron from Stapleford Tawney, was killed when his aircraft was shot down near Sheerness.

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Italian submarine FAA DI BRUNO made an unsuccessful attack on a tanker in 37N, 21.

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In continued German air attacks on the Port of London, British steamers TYNEMOUTH (3168grt/总吨位) and SHERWOOD (1530grt/总吨位), Belgian tanker PRESIDENT FRANQUI (4919grt/总吨位) and steamer ANNA (695grt/总吨位), and Dutch steamer THEA (273grt/总吨位) were damaged.

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In German air attacks, sloop STORK was torpedoed at anchor in Methil Roads. Her stern was wrecked and she was badly damaged. Gunner R. Motts was wounded. STORK repaired at Grangemouth, completing on 16 March 1941. Dutch steamer STAD VLAARDINGEN (8501grt/总吨位) was damaged by German bombing, also in Methil Roads. She was taken in tow by Norwegian destroyer SLEIPNER, but was then in a collision with Dutch steamer ALGORAB (4938grt/总吨位).

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In an air raid on Malta, submarine OLYMPUS in dock suffered slight damage.

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Heavy cruiser CORNWALL departed Simonstown for Freetown, arriving on the 15th.

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German armed merchant cruiser Schiff 21/WIDDER captured Greek collier ANTONIOS CHANDRIS (5866grt/总吨位) in the Central Atlantic in 11?25N, 34?10. Twenty two crew were landed at Rio de Janeiro, and ten at Buenos Aires.