Sunday, 10 November
Operating in the English Channel, destroyer CATTISTOCK was damaged by splinters from German bombing. Acting Gunner . J. Yates was wounded. She was repaired in one day.
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Anti-aircraft cruiser CURACOA departed Rosyth to cover convoy EN.22 from Methil to Pentland Firth.
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Anti-aircraft ship ALYNBANK departed Scapa Flow at 1500 to cover convoy WN.34 to the vicinity of Stonehaven.
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Convoy OB.239, which had departed Liverpool on the 4th, but was recalled and arrived at Oban, departed Oban on the 10th escorted by corvette LA MALOUINE. The escort was joined on the 11th by destroyers BROKE, MALCOLMand SARDONYX and corvettes ANEMONE and ARABIS. On the 13th, destroyers MALCOLM and SARDONYX were detached and the remainder of the escort of 14 November.
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Convoy FN.331 departed Southend, escorted by destroyer WOOLSTON and sloop LOWESTOFT. The convoy arrived at Methil on the 12th.
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Anti-submarine trawler KINGSTON ALALITE (550grt, Skipper R. A. Read RNR)
was sunk by a mine off Plymouth, 5.7 cables 242° from Plymouth Breakwater Light.
Six ratings were lost on the trawler.
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Boom defence vessel MARCELLE (64grt/总吨位)
was sunk on a mine in Bristol Channel, in 51-21-48N, 3-08.
One crewman of a crew of five were lost on the boom defence vessel.
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Convoy HX.86, which had been recalled outside Halifax on the 5th, departed Halifax at 1430 escorted by Canadian destroyers ASSINIBOINE and RESTIGOUCHE and auxiliary patrol vessel HUSKY.
At 1500/11th, the convoy was turned over to the ocean escort, Armed merchant cruiser VOLTAIRE, which was detached on the 21st.
Convoy BHX.87 departed Bermuda on the 8th escorted by ocean escort armed merchant cruiser LACONIA. The convoy rendezvoused with convoy HX.86 on the 13th and the armed merchant cruiser was detached. (n. b. this is the only BHX.convoy to join a dissimilar numbered HX)
Destroyers CASTLETON, SARDONYX, VISCOUNT, WHITEHALL and corvettes CYCLAMEN, HIBISCUS, RHODODENDRON joined the convoy. Destroyer WHITEHALL was detached later that day. The convoy arrived at Liverpool on the 26th.
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A Swordfish of 819 Squadron crashed shortly after taking off from aircraft carrier ILLUSTRIOUS. Sub Lt D. A. Wise, Sub Lt A. Mardel-Ferreira were rescued by destroyer NUBIAN. This crash was later found to be due to contaminated fuel.
A second Swordfish of 819 Squadron also was lost on this date to contaminated fuel. Lt (A)
. D. Morford and Sub Lt (A)
R. A. F. Green were rescued.
At 0715, the cruisers of the 3rd and 7th Cruiser Squadrons rejoined the Main Fleet.
At 0730, destroyers VAMPIRE, VOYAGER, WATERHEN, DAINTY, DIAMOND, HYPERION, ILEX, HAVOCK rejoined the Main Fleet. Destroyers MOHAWK, DEFENDER, JANUS, JUNO, DECOY, HASTY, NUBIAN, JERVIS were then detached to refuel at Malta.
Battleship BARHAM, heavy cruiser BERWICK, light cruiser GLASGOW, destroyers GRIFFIN, GREYHOUND, GALLANT, FAULKNOR, FORTUNE, FURY joined the Main Fleet at 1015. Destroyers FORTUNE and FURY joined the screen and the rest of the ships proceeded to malta to disembark troops and stores.
Convoy ME.3 of steamers MEMNON, LANARKSHIRE, CLAN MACAULEY, CLAN FERGUSON departed Malta at 1330 escorted by battleship RAMILLIES, anti-aircraft cruiser COVENTRY, destroyers DECOY and DEFENDER. Monitor TERROR and Australian destroyer VENDETTA departed at 1400.
Destroyer MOHAWK rejoined the Main Fleet at 1435 and destroyer HERO was detached at 1450 to Malta.
Battleship BARHAM, heavy cruiser BERWICK, light cruiser GLASGOW, destroyers GRIFFIN, GREYHOUND, GALLANT departed Malta after landing troops and joined the Mediterranean Fleet at sea.
Italian submarine CAPPONI attacked without success Battleship RAMILLIES at forty miles southeast of Malta, in 34-33N, 16-08E.
Italian submarine TOPAZIO on the 11th made two attacks on the convoy without success in 34?32N, 16?17E.
Monitor TERROR proceeded to Suda Bay for duty as a guard ship, arriving on the 13th.
Convoy ME.3 arrived Alexandria during the morning of 13 November.
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Convoy AS.5 of eight steamers departed Piraeus for Port Said.
On the 11th, armed boarding vessels CHAKLA and FIONA departed Suda Bay and joined this convoy. The convoy arrived at Port Said on the 15th, escorted by destroyer WRYNECK and anti-submarine trawlers VICTORIAN and SINDONIS.
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Gunboat APHIS shelled a suspected Divisional Headquarters at Sidi Barrani during the night of 9/10 November.
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Italian submarine BARBARIGO attacked a destroyer in 54N, 18 without success.
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German armed merchant cruiser ATLANTIS, still poising as Armed merchant cruiser ANTENOR, captured the Norwegian tanker OLE JACOB (8306grt/总吨位)
in the Bay of Bengal at 06?29N, 90?16E.
Signals from tanker OLE JACOB caused the dispatch of Australian heavy cruiser CANBERRA, Light cruisers CAPETOWN and DURBAN, armed merchant cruiser WESTRALIA, but none made any contact with the German ship.
Tanker OLE JACOB was renamed BENNO for German use and was detached on the 16th. She arrived safely at Kobe on 6 December. Later on 19 July 1941, OLE JACOB arrived at Bordeaux.