Thursday, 6 November

Destroyer MONTROSE departed Scapa Flow with Rear Admiral Destroyers Home Fleet for passage to Scrabster.

The destroyer arrived back at Scapa Flow at 1330.

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Light cruiser KENYA and destroyers BEDOUIN and INTREPID were ordered to return to Seidisfjord from Iceland - Faroes patrol. After refuelling, the ships would proceed to cover minelaying operation SN.83B, sailing on the 8th. However, in heavy weather, the destroyers were forced to return to Seidisfjord.

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Light cruiser TRINIDAD departed the Clyde for Scapa Flow, arriving on the 7th.

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Destroyer BEAUFORT departed the Clyde at 1630 for Scapa Flow.

The destroyer arrived at 2100/7th for working up practices.

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Submarine SEALION arrived at Murmansk from Scapa Flow.

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15th Cruiser Squadron was at sea from Alexandria for gunnery exercises.

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Anti-submarine whaler KOS 19 sighted a periscope thirty two miles west of Alexandria at 2220/5th.

The whaler was joined by anti-submarine whaler FALK, corvette SNAPDRAGON, and anti-submarine boat MA/SB 2.

Destroyer ENCOUNTER was also sent from Alexandria to assist.

Destroyers DECOY and HOTSPUR joined at daylight on the 6th.

The destroyers were recalled to harbour at 1800 and no success was obtained.

Oil patches were sighted in this area on the 7th and destroyers KIPLING and HOTSPUR were sent to hunt in the area.

The search continued during the night of 7/8 November. Destroyer ENCOUNTER joined the destroyers at daylight and the three destroyers were then involved in screening light cruiser NEPTUNE during a practice bombardment at Aboukir.

The destroyers returned to Alexandria on the 9th.

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Armed boarding vessel ARPHA fractured her propeller shaft while laying beacons at AnchorageG (Ginsah) in the Suez Gulf.

The vessel was beached at Towila. Indian sloop SUTLEJ was sent to assist her. On the 9th, the vessel was refloated and towed by tug CONFEDERATE, screened by sloop SUTLEJ, to Gimsah.

Vessel ARPHA, in tow of tug CONFEDERATE and escorted by sloop SUTLEJ, arrived at Suez on the 14th.

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Light cruiser MAURITIUS arrived at Singapore with convoy WS.11X from Colombo.

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American light cruiser OMAHA and destroyer SOMERS captured German blockade runner ODENWALD (5098grt/总吨位), which had departed Yokohama on 21 August carrying Japanese rubber to Germany, off Recife in the South Atlantic.

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Convoy SL.92 departed Freetown escorted bydestroyers VANSITTART and VELOX to 11 November and corvettes BURDOCK and MARGUERITE to 11 November and corvette STARWORT to 12 November. On the 11th, sloop EGRET to 29 November and escort vessels BANFF and FISHGUARD to 1 December joined the convoy.

On the 12th, heavy cruiser DORSETSHIRE and light cruiser DUNEDIN joined the convoy to 13 November.

Destroyers BADSWORTH, CROOME, FORESIGHT, and FURY joined on the 24th to 25 November and destroyer FORESTER joined on the 25th for that day only.

Corvette MONTBRETIA and anti-submarine trawler MAN O.WAR escorted the convoy on the 30th only. Anti-submarine trawler ARAB escorted the convoy on 1 December only.

The convoy arrived at Liverpool on 1 December.