Tuesday, 14 January

Battleship RODNEY, with destroyers ECHO, ELECTRA, KEPPEL, arrived back at Scapa Flow after repairing weather damage at Rosyth.

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Destroyer PUNJABI arrived at Scapa Flow after temporary duties in the Western Approaches.

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Destroyer ESKIMO departed Scapa Flow for Immingham for rudder repairs.

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Destroyer BROADWAY departed Scapa Flow for the Clyde after completing working up exercises.

The destroyer arrived at Greenock at 1600/15th.

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Convoy OB.274 departed Liverpool, escorted by destroyers VETERAN and WOLVERINE and corvettes ARBUTUS, CAMELLIA, DELPHINIUM, ERICA. Destroyer BEVERLEY joined on the 15th. The three destroyers were detached on the 16th. The remainder of the escort was detached on the 17th when the convoy dispersed.

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Convoy FN.383 departed Southend, and arrived at Methil on the 16th.

Convoy FN.384 did not sail.

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Minelaying cruiser ADVENTURE laid mines in minefield ZME.15 in St Georges Channel.

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Minesweeper FITZROY was damaged by mining in the North Sea.

The ship was beached at Harwich. Repair from 30 January to 31 May was done at Sheerness.

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Light cruiser ORION and Australian light cruiser PERTH

landed troops at Malta.

Light cruiser PERTH with machinery defects was berthed at Malta from 14 to 17 January.

Light cruisers ORION and BONAVENTURE and destroyer JAGUAR departed Malta for Alexandria, arriving on the 16th.

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Convoy AN.12, escorted by five Greek destroyers departed Port Said for Piraeus with twenty four ships, five of which were British.

Minesweeper DERBY was in the escort of convoy AN.12. On the 17th, the minesweeper was detached to Suda Bay to relieve minesweeper FAREHAM.

Convoy AS.11 departed Piraeus with ten ships of which three were British.

Anti-aircraft cruiser CALCUTTA, escorting convoy AS.11, was detached at dusk on the 15th to join convoy AN.12 at daylight on the 17th.

Corvettes PEONY and GLOXINIA departed Suda Bay on the 13th and joined AS.11, escorting it to Port Said. The corvettes then proceeded to Alexandria, arriving 20 January.

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Destroyers ILEX, WRYNECK, VENDETTA, VAMPIRE departed Suda Bay to join the EXCESS convoy.

The destroyers arrived back at Suda Bay at 0900/16th when it was found the destroyers were not required.

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Submarine ROVER arrived at Malta from patrol with battery defects.

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Corvettes HYACINTH and SALVIA arrived at Port Said from EXCESS convoy duty.

On the 16th, the corvettes departed Port Said escorting two steamers to Alexandria, where they arrived on the 17th.

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Italian submarine CAPPELLINI sank British steamer EUMAEUS (7472grt/总吨位) at 8-55N, 15-03.

Twelve crew and about fifteen naval ratings were lost.

Walrus aircraft from seaplane carrier ALBATROSS dropped life rafts to the survivors.

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German raider PINGUIN captured Norwegian oil refinery ships OLE WEGGER (12,201grt/总吨位) and SOLGLIMT (12,246grt/总吨位) and Norwegian whalers POL VIII (298grt/总吨位), POL X (354grt/总吨位), POL IX (354grt/总吨位), TORLYN (247grt/总吨位), GLOBE VIII (297grt/总吨位), POL VII (338grt/总吨位), THORARINN (249grt/总吨位) in 59S, 3.

Whalers GLOBE VIII, POL VII, THORARINN escaped to the Falkland Islands.

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German pilot ship BORKUM (280grt/总吨位) was lost when she was stranded at Hubert Gat.

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New Zealand light cruiser LEANDER departed Aden for Colombo carrying out an anti raider patrol en route.

The light cruiser arrived at Colombo on the 21st and was assigned to the 4th Cruiser Squadron of the East Indies Station.