Saturday, 12 July

In a flying accident on aircraft carrier VICTORIOUS T/Sub Lt (A) J.B. Ganner RNVR, and Leading Airman L. Powell in a Fulmar of 809 Squadron were killed.

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Anti-aircraft ship ALYNBANK departed Scapa Flow at 0930 to cover convoy WN.51 from the Pentland Firth to Tod Head where she transferred to convoy EC.44.

In the Pentland Firth, the ship left convoy EC.44 and arrived at Scapa Flow at 2100 on the 13th.

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Corvette ARBUTUS was in a collision with British steamer BLACKHEATH (4637grt/总吨位) in 55-58N, 10-38.

Corvette PIMPERNEL stood by the damaged corvette.

Corvette ARBUTUS was repaired at Liverpool completing on 19 August.

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Convoy OG.68 departed Liverpool escorted by destroyers BATH and WALKER, corvettes AZALEA, BLUEBELL, CAMPANULA, HYDRANGEA, WALLFLOWER, and ZINNIA. The convoy was joined on the 13th by ocean boarding vessels CAVINA and HILARY.

On the 14th, corvette AZALEA was detached. On the 18th, the destroyers and the ocean boarding vessels were detached.

Destroyer WISHART and submarine CLYDE from convoy HG.68 joined the convoy on the 22nd.

On the 25th, the submarine was diverted to patrol in the vicinity of 40N, 15. The convoy arrived at Gibraltar on the 26th with the five corvettes.

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German destroyers HANS LODY, KARL GALSTER, HERMANN SCHOEMANN, FRIEDRICH ECKHOLDT, and RICHARD BEITZEN swept off the Kola coast.

Destroyers LODY, GALSTER, and ECKHOLDT encountered a Soviet convoy near Cape Teriberski.

Patrol ship PASSAT and auxiliary patrol ship RT 67 (trawler MOLOTOV) were sunk. Auxiliary patrol ship RT 32 was able to escape.

The other two destroyers off Iokanga found no targets.

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Soviet destroyers BDITELNY was badly damaged and KHARKOV was slightly damaged in a German air attack on Sevastapool.

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Australian light cruiser HOBART arrived at Suez from Australia to join the Mediterranean Fleet.

The cruiser could not immediately be passed through the canal due to mining.

The light cruiser and destroyer KIPLING, following repairs at Suez, were able to proceed through the Suez Canal on the 16th.

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Submarine RORQUAL departed Malta for Alexandria and arrived on the 20th.

Among the items brought to Alexandria was a new stem piece, forged at Malta, for anti-aircraft ship COVENTRY.

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Submarine TRIUMPH arrived at Malta for damage repairs incurred in patrol off Benghazi.

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Dutch steamer ALPHARD (5483grt/总吨位) was damaged by German bombing at Port Said. Four crew were lost on the steamer.

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Greek steamer PATRIA (1977grt/总吨位) was sunk by German bombing at Port Said.

The steamer was raised and restored to service after the war.

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Battlecruiser RENOWN departed Gibraltar and joined aircraft carrier ARK ROYAL and light cruiser HERMIONE for exercises.

The three ships arrived back at Gibraltar later that day.

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Submarine OTUS departed Gibraltar, carrying stores, for Malta, arriving on the 20th.

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Heavy cruiser LONDON arrived at Gibraltar from Freetown.

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Convoy SC.37 departed Sydney, CB, escorted by corvettes BARRIE, CHICOUTIMI, and MATAPEDIA. Armed merchant cruiser AURANIA joined the next day and was detached on the 14th. The three corvettes were detached on the 15th. On the 15th, destroyers BURWELL and RICHMOND and corvettes COBALt and POLYANTHUS joined. These were detached on the 23rd, when relieved by destroyers LEAMINGTON and SALADIN, corvettes ABELIA and ANEMONE, and anti-submarine trawlers ST ELSTAN and ST ZENO. Destroyer DOUGLAS joined on the 24th.Corvette ANEMONE was detached on the 26th, destroyers DOUGLAS, LEAMINGTON, SALADIN, and SKATE, and trawler ST ZENO on the 27th.Corvette ABELIA and trawler ST ELSTAN arrived with the convoy in the Clyde on the 28th.