Tuesday, 1 July

Light cruiser MANCHESTER arrived at Hvalfjord from denmark Strait patrol.

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Destroyer PUNJABI departed Scapa Flow for Scrabster to take part in the local War Weapons Week at Thurso.

The destroyer arrived back at Scapa Flow at 2300.

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Destroyer CROOME arrived at Scapa Flow from Greenock at 1400 to carry out working up exercises.

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Indian sloop JUMNA departed Scapa Flow with convoy EC.39 at 1800 to join the Western Approaches following her working up exercises.

The sloop arrived at Greenock at 0100 on the 4th escorting depot ship GREENWICH.

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Anti-aircraft ship CURACOA arrived at Scapa Flow, following refitting at Rosyth, having escorting convoy EC.39 from May Island to Pentland Firth.

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British drifter DEVON COUNTY (86grt, Skipper G.H. Barnard RNR) was sunk by a mine in 51-28-51N, 0-59-14E in the Thames Estuary.

There were three ratings killed in the drifter.

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British steamer HOMEFIRE (1262grt/总吨位) was sunk by German bombing in 53-05-30N, 1-28E. Two crew were lost on the steamer.

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British fishing trawler STRATHGAIRN (211grt/总吨位) was sunk on a mine about twenty miles southwest of Barra Head.

Five of the crew were missing. Six crew were landed at Stornoway.

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British steamers HIGHWOOD (1177grt/总吨位) and JAMAICA PLANTER (4098grt/总吨位) were damaged by German bombing at Barry while in drydock. One crewman was killed on steamer HIGHWOOD.

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U.108 sank British steamer TORONTO CITY (2486grt/总吨位), employed as a meteorological vessel, in 47-03N, 30.

There were no survivors on the steamer.

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German heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN was bombed and damaged at Brest.

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Armed boarding vessel MALVERNIAN (Cdr J..B. Robertson RNR) was abandoned after being badly damaged by German bombing in 47-37N, 19-07.

T/Lt G.. Jeffrey RNR, T/Lt (E) A.E. Magraw RNR, T/Lt J.R. Slimin RNR, A/Sub Lt (E) K.J. Trineman RNVR, and twenty ratings were lost in the vessel.

T/Sub Lt P. Baddeley RNVR, and T/A/Sub Lt A. England RNVR, were wounded.

Of a crew of 164, fifty seven survivors were landed. P/T/Lt K.J. Dudgeon RNR, T/A/Sub Lt (E)C.R. Keats RNVR, A/Major R.. Madoc, RM, T/Lt T.G. Mitchell RNR, T/Paymaster Sub Lt J.M. Moran RNR, T/Lt A.H. Rogers RNVR, T/A/Sub Lt J.L. Wells RNVR, and others were made prisoners of war.

Sloop SCARBOROUGH proceeding to the scene picked up a boatload of survivors, but could not locate the damaged vessel.

She was sunk by German aircraft 11/7/in position 47.37N 19.07 and abandoned but remained afloat; sighted drifting on 19/7 and sunk.

The Captain and 31 others made it in boats to Corunna on 21/7.Another boat of 21 survivors arrived at Vigo on 22/7. Finally, a last boat was picked up by German minesweepers. ————

French destroyers GUEPARD, VALMY, and VAUQUELIN departed Beirut to escort a troopship into Beirut.

Steamer ST DIDIER (2778grt/总吨位) was sunk by British Albacore aircraft in the Gulf of Adalia on the 4th.

Steamer CHATEAU YQUEM (2536grt/总吨位) was recalled in view of steamer ST DIDIER's fate.

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Light cruiser NAIAD and destroyers KANDAHAR, DECOY, and HAVOCK departed Haifa for a night sweep off Syria.

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Corvette HYACINTH ran aground four miles south of Famagusta. She could not be readily refloated and corvette ERICA was damaged in the attempt.

On the 3rd, corvette PEONY departed Haifa and tug ST ISSEY departed Alexandria to refloat the grounded corvette.

Corvette HYACINTH was unsuccessfully attacked by enemy bombers, without success, during the evening of 4 July.

The corvette was refloated on the 5th by corvette PEONY.

Corvette PEONY and tug ST ISSEY returned to Alexandria.

Corvette HYACINTH proceeded to Alexandria, via Haifa, for repairs, completed on the 15th.

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British trawler VULCAN and motor torpedo boats MTB.68 and MTB.215 were sailed from Famagusta to Haifa.

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Destroyers FAULKNOR, FEARLESS, FORESTER, LANCE, and LEGION departed Gibraltar to meet arriving convoy OG.66 and escort it to Gibraltar.

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Light cruiser HERMIONE departed Gibraltar to patrol in the area of 40N, 15 for enemy raider or supply ships.

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Dutch submarine O.21, escorting convoy HG.66, was recalled and ordered to establish a patrol in the vicinity of 43N, 11 to attack any enemy raiders making for Biscay ports.

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Convoy SC.36 departed Sidney, CB, escorted by corvettes DAUPHIN and NAPANEE and anti-submarine yacht PHILANTE. The corvettes were detached on the 4th. Destroyer CHESTERFIELD joined on the 3rd, corvettes AGASSIZ and WETASKIWIN joined on the 4th, and destroyer CHURCHILL on the 8th. On the 13th, the escort was detached when it was relieved by destroyers SABRE, SCIMITAR, and SHIKARI, sloop SANDWICH, corvettes ARABIS, DIANELLA, HELIOTROPE, KINGCUP, MALLOW, VERBENA, and VIOLET, minesweepers NIGER and SPEEDWELL, and anti aubmarine trawlers NORTHERN GEM and NORTHERN SPRAY. The sloop, minesweepers, and trawlers were detached on the 17th. The remainder of the escort, less corvette ARABIS, were detached on the 18th.With corvette ARABIS, the convoy arrived at Liverpool on the 19th.

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Norwegian whaler POL IX, captured on 14 January by German raider PINGUIN and renamed ADJUTANT, was scuttled on this date by the German cruiser.

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Soviet destroyer BYSTRY was mined off Sevastapool and beached.

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German steamer DURAZZO (1153grt/总吨位) at Maracaibo was taken over by Venezuela and renamed PAMPERO.