Wednesday, 2 July

Light cruiser MANCHESTER departed Hvalfjord for Scapa Flow, where she arrived on the 3rd.

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Destroyer ICARUS arrived at Ardrossan at 0600 to effect repairs to her propellers, having taken passage from Iceland in convoy HX.133.

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Destroyers INTREPID, ACTIVE, and ANTELOPE departed Greenock for Loch Ewe to refuel, then escort convoy OB.341A to the westward until relieved by escort vessels from Iceland.

Destroyer ACTIVE, with defective machinery, departed Loch Ewe at 2200 on the 3rd for Scapa Flow. She had been withdrawn from the escort duty. The destroyer arrived at Scapa Flow at 0730 on the 4th.

Destroyers INTREPID and ANTELOPE escorted the convoy until 0800 on the 7th. They arrived back at Scapa Flow at 0930 on the 8th.

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Anti-aircraft ship ALYNBANK departed Scapa Flow to meet convoy EC.40 off Buchan Ness and provide escort to Pentland Firth.

On the 3rd, the ship transferred to convoy WN.48 in Pentland Firth and escorted the convoy to Methil where they arrived at 1500 on the 4th.

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Convoy OB.341 A (there was no OB.342) departed Liverpool, escorted by destroyers ANTELOPE and INTREPID and corvettes HEATHER and MIMOSA. This group, less corvette MIMOSA was detached on the 7th. On the 7th, destroyer OTTAWA and corvettes CANDYTUFT, GLADIOLUS, and NASTURTIUM joined. On the 8th, destroyer RIPLEY and armed merchant cruiser MALOJA joined. The group was detached on the 15th. The convoy arrived at Halifax on the 18th.

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British steamer EMPIRE AUDACITY arrived at Scapa Flow, escorted by sloop STORK.

The steamer departed the next day for Campbeltown, escorted by sloop STORK.In September, this steamer would be the auxiliary aircraft carrier AUDACITY.

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Minelayer PLOVER, escorted by destroyer HAMBLEDON, laid minefield BS 66 off the east coast of England.

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Lt Cdr (A) F.D.G. Jennings, Commanding Officer of 768 Squadron, was killed when his Martlet dived into the sea after an engine failure at Abirlot, near Arbroath.

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Soviet destroyer STRASHNY was badly damaged on a mine in Irben Straits.

The rest of the force, destroyers SERDITY and SILNY laid mines in the Irben Straits.

On the 8th, German Minenraumschiff 11 and minesweeper M.31 encountered Soviet destroyer SILNY.

In a brief encounter, destroyer SILNY was lightly damaged. The German ships were undamaged.

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Destroyers JACKAL (D.7) and HASTY departed Alexandria for Haifa. On their arrival at Haifa, destroyers KANDAHAR and DECOY departed on the 3rd for Alexandria.

Yugoslavian motor torpedo boats KAJMAKCALAN and DURMITOR departed Alexandria for Haifa to operate under the orders of CS.15.

Motor launch ML.1032 departed Alexandria for Famagusta.

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Australian light cruiser PERTH and Light cruiser NAIAD with destroyers KANDAHAR, KINGSTON, HAVOCK, and GRIFFIN shelled French positions east of Damur.

Australian light cruiser PERTH was attacked in error by British aircraft, but no damage resulted.

Destroyers JACKAL and HASTY departed Alexandria for Haifa.

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Submarine URGE unsuccessfully attacked an armed merchant cruiser in 37-48N, 15-21E.

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Submarine TORBAY sank Italian steamer CITTA DI TRIPOLI (2933grt/总吨位) in 37-41-50N, 24-15-50E.

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During the night of 2/3 July, a bombing raid on Tripoli damaged German steamer SPARTA (1724grt/总吨位) and Italian steamer ERITREA (2517grt/总吨位).

Eight Swordfish of the 830 Squadron laid mines at the entrance to Tripoli Harbour.

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anti-submarine whalers GOS 2 and KOS 12 and minesweeping trawler HOLLY departed Gibraltar for Freetown.