Saturday, 11 October

Heavy cruiser SHROPSHIRE departed Scapa Flow for Sheerness for refitting.

The heavy cruiser arrived at Sheerness, escorted by destroyers QUORN and VIVACIOUS, on the 12th, and was refitting at Chatham from 17 october to 16 February 1942.

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Destroyer ELECTRA departed Scapa Flow at 1900 for Rosyth for boiler cleaning.

The destroyer arrived at 1015/12th.

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Destroyer ORIBI departed Scapa Flow escorting British steamer LLANSTEPHAN CASTLE to the Clyde.

Both ships arrived in the Clyde at 0815/13th. The destroyer departed the Clyde that day to return to Scapa Flow.

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Motor launch ML.288 was lost in heavy weather off Hartlepool.

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Submarine TIGRIS unsuccessfully attacked a German eastbound convoy off North Cape.

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British steamer ICEMAID (1964grt/总吨位) was damaged by a mine off Orfordness near Shipwash Light Vessel off Harwich.

The steamer arrived at Harwich in tow on the 12th.

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British hulk HAYTIAN was sunk by German bombing three and a half cables north of Castleton Pier, Portland.

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Norwegian motor vessel SILVA (127grt/总吨位) was damaged by German bombing at Klaksvig.

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Estonian steamers EESTIRAND (4444grt/总吨位) and KAISSAAR (1893grt/总吨位), carrying deportees from Tallinn to Leningrad, were damaged by German bombing off Wrangel Island.

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Submarine P.31 arrived at Gibraltar from Dundee.

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Australian destroyer VENDETTA departed Haifa for Alexandria with a convoy.

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An Italian convoy of steamers GIULIA (5921grt/总吨位), CASAREGIS (6485grt/总吨位), NIRVO (5164grt/总吨位), BAINSIZZA (7933grt/总吨位), ZENA (5219grt/总吨位), and PROSPERINA (ex-French BEAUCE, 4869grt/总吨位) departed Naples on the 8th escorted by destroyers GRANATIERE, BERSAGLIERE, FUCLIERE, and ALPINO. Torpedo boat CASCINO joined from Trapani.

Steamer BAINSIZZA with defects returned to Trapani.

On the 11th, steamer ZENA was sunk by British 830 Squadron aerial torpedo in 34-52N, 12-22E, south of Lampedusa.

On the 11th, steamer CASAREGIS was sunk by British 830 Squadron aerial torpedo in 34-10N, 12-38E.

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Aircraft carrier EAGLE with destroyers CROOME and WILD SWAN and sloop COMMANDANT DUBOC arrived at Gibraltar.

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Submarine PORPOISE departed Gibraltar with stores for Malta, arriving on the 17th.

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Submarine P.31 arrived at Gibraltar after having departing Dundee on 30 September.

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Anti-submarine trawlers LADY HOGARTH and STELLA CARINA departed Gibraltar escorting Norwegian tanker VANJA westwards. The trawlers then joined arriving tanker INVERLEE.

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Convoy SC.49 departed Sydney CB, escorted by corvette LETHBRIDGE. On the 13th, corvettes AMHURST, EYEBRIGHT, MAYFLOWER, NANAIMO, and PRESCOTT joined and destroyer ST FRANCIS and corvette KENOGAMI joined on the 14th. Destroyer ST FRANCIS and corvettes EYEBRIGHT and KENOGAMI were detached on the 21st. Corvettes AMHURST, LETHBRIDGE, MAYFLOWER, NANAIMO, and PRESCOTT were detached on the 22nd and corvettes HEATHER, LOBELIA, and NARCISSUS joined. On the 23rd, destroyers BEAGLE, ROXBOROUGH, SALISBURY, and SHERWOOD and anti-submarine trawler NOTTS COUNTY joined. Destroyer SALISBURY was detached on the 24th. The remainder of the escorts arrived with the convoy at Liverpool on the 27th.