Wednesday, 5 November

Battleship KING GEORGE V, aircraft carrier VICTORIOUS, heavy cruisers KENT and BERWICK, and destroyers SOMALI, PUNJABI, ASHANTI, MATABELE, ORIBI, and OFFA departed Hvalfjord at 1800.

Light cruisers EDINBURGH (CS.18), heavy cruiser SUFFOLK, and light cruiser SHEFFIELD departed Hvalfjord at 1800 on patrol.

American heavy cruisers WICHITA and TUSCALOOSA departed Hvalfjord on patrol in response to a rumour that German heavy cruiser ADMIRAL SCHEER was breaking out of Norwegian waters.

American battleships IDAHO and MISSISSIPPI and destroyers GWIN, MEREDITH, and MONSSEN of Destroyer Division 22 departed Hvalfjord on patrol.

When intelligence indicated the German ship had returned to harbour, the allied warships ordered to return to Hvalfjord just before midnight.

The Commander in Chief, Home Fleet, arrived back at Hvalfjord on the 6th.

Light cruiser EDINBURGH, heavy cruiser SUFFOLK, and light cruiser SHEFFIELD arrived at Hvalfjord on the 6th.

American heavy cruisers WICHITA and TUSCALOOSA arrived at Hvalfjord on the 6th.

American battleships IDAHO and MISSISSIPPI and destroyers MEREDITH, GRAYSON, and MONSSON arrived at Hvalfjord on the 7th.

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Light cruiser ARETHUSA, after refitting, departed Rosyth and arrived at Scapa Flow later that day.

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Destroyer CHIDDINGFOLD departed Scapa Flow at 1000 with Vice Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Third Sea Lord, and Sir Stanley Goodall, Direction of Naval Construction, for passage to Scrabster.

The destroyer arrived back at 1330.

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Destroyer MONTROSE embarked Vice Admiral, Second in Command Home Fleet and his staff and departed Rosyth for Scapa Flow at 1600.

The destroyer arrived at Scapa Flow at 0800 the next day and disembarked her passengers alongside battleship DUKE OF YORK.

Vice Admiral, Second in Command Home Fleet, hoisted his flag in battleship DUKE OF YORK at 0900/6th.

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Destroyers ONSLOW, IMPULSIVE, and ANTELOPE departed Scapa Flow at 1730 for Londonderry.

The destroyers arrived at Londonderry on the 6th for refuelling. Following refuelling, the destroyers departed at 1700 to meet battleship RODNEY in 55-40N, 17-45 and relieve escorting destroyers HIGHLANDER, HAVELOCK, and HARVESTER.

The battleship was met in 55N, 12 at 1200/7th and the H class destroyers were relieved. The RODNEY force then proceeded to Loch Ewe to fuel.

The British force arrived at Loch Ewe at 0815/8th. Following refuelling, the ships departed at 1600 to carry out patrol on the Iceland - Faroes passage.

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British steamer GLENCREE (481grt/总吨位) was damaged fifteen miles southwest of Bishops Light by German bombing and gunfire.

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German motor steamer KURT SANDKAMP (250grt/总吨位) was sunk by British bombing in the Ems.

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Italian steamer ANNA ZIPPITELLI (1019grt/总吨位) was sunk by British bombing in 31-49N, 18-25, west of Benghazi.

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Italian steamer TORCELLO (3336grt/总吨位) was sunk by Russian submarine SHCH 214 in the Black Sea.

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Australian sloop YARRA joined the Suez Escort Force, relieving sloop FALMOUTH, which returned to the East Indies Station.

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British steamers CITY OF LINCOLN and DUNEDIN STAR departed Gibraltar for Capetown and Panama, respectively.

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Japanese steamer KEHI MARU (4523grt/总吨位) was sunk on a mine in the Sea of Japan in 40-40N, 131E.

Of eighty crewmen and four hundred and thirty passengers, twenty were lost and one hundred and eleven were missing.