Saturday, 2 November

U.31 was sunk by destroyer ANTELOPE, escorting convoy OB.237, northwest of Ireland in 56?26N, 10?18.

Destroyer ANTELOPE was damaged alongside U.31 while boarding her.

Five officers and thirty eight ratings were taken prisoner from the German submarine. Two ratings were lost.

Destroyer ACHATES was also in the escort of convoy OB.237.

Destroyer ANTELOPE proceeded to Greenock for repairs. On 7 December, she was moved to Glasgow to complete repairs completed on 24 December.

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Convoy OB.238 departed Liverpool escorted by destroyers CASTLETON, VANQUISHER, VISCOUNT, WHITEHALL and corvette FLEUR DE LYS. The escort was detached on the 5th.

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Convoy FN.324 departed Southend, escorted by destroyers VERDUN and WATCHMAN. The convoy arrived at Methil on the 4th.

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Convoy FN.325 departed Southend, escorted by destroyers VANITY and WOLFHOUND. The convoy arrived at Methil on the 4th.

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British minefield BS.44 was laid by minelayers TEVIOTBANK and PLOVER and destroyers INTREPID and ICARUS.

Following the minelay, destroyer INTREPID was damaged on a mine off Hartlepool. Both INTREPID's engines were damaged.

Destroyer INTREPID was repaired at Hartlepool in seven weeks.

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Destroyer CAMPBELTOWN, while on trials after refitting at Devonport, was damaged in a collision with Norwegian steamer RISOY (793grt/总吨位).

Destroyer CAMPBELTOWN was repaired at Liverpool completing on the 24th.

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Armed merchant cruiser RANPURA was damaged by fire.

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Destroyer DOUGLAS departed Scapa Flow at 1830 to search for a boat containing four men in 58-34N, 1-32.

Destroyer DOUGLAS arrived at Scapa Flow at 1500/3rd with twelve survivors from minesweeping trawler WARDOUR (335grt/总吨位) mined on 31 October.

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Destroyers MASHONA and KEPPEL departed Scapa Flow at 0030 to meet armed merchant cruiser LETITIA and troopships EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA and ANTONIA on passage from Iceland to the Clyde.

All ships safely arrived in the Clyde at 0815/3rd.

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Destroyer VIMY arrived at Scapa Flow at 1715 after escorting Armed merchant cruiser COMORIN to her Northern Patrol Station.

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After being delayed by engine room defects, Anti-aircraft ship ALYNBANK departed Scapa Flow at 0040 to escort convoy EN.17 from the vicinity of Aberdeen to Pentland Firth.

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Submarine TAKU (Lt J. F. B. Brown) attacked German tanker GEDANIA (8923grt/总吨位) fifty miles off the Loire in 46-54N, 3-50, without success.

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Submarine TIGRIS unsuccessfully attacked Italian submrine VENIERO off the Gironde.

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British tugs LEA (168grt/总吨位) and DEANBROOK (149grt/总吨位) were sunk on mines in the Tilbury Basin.

Six crew were lost on tug LEA. The entire crew of tug DEANBROOK was lost.

Both tugs were raised for scrap.

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Minesweeping trawler RINOVA (429grt, Chief Skipper T. Fraser RNR) was sunk on a mine off Falmouth, 2.9 miles 154.5°, from St Anthony Light.

Fourteen ratings were lost in the trawler.

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British drifter GOODWILL (28grt/总吨位) was sunk on a mine in the Firth of Forth.

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Battleship WARSPITE, aircraft carrier ILLUSTRIOUS, other units of the Mediterranean Fleet arrived at Alexandria after supporting initial Crete landings.

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Submarine TETRARCH unsuccessfully attacked a steamer off Benghasi.

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Destroyer KIMBERLEY was attacked unsuccessfully by Italian bombers in 14?14N, 42?47E.

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Light cruiser NEPTUNE departed Lagos on patrol.