Tuesday, 2 December Heavy cruiser SUFFOLK arrived at Hvalfjord from Denmark Strait patrol.

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Heavy cruiser NORFOLK departed Hvalfjord for Denmark Strait patrol.

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Heavy cruiser CUMBERLAND departed patrol in the Iceland - Faroes passage upon relief by light cruiser ARETHUSA. The heavy cruiser arrived at Scapa Flow on the 4th.

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Destroyer SOMALI departed Scapa Flow at 0045 for Rosyth where she arrived at 1200 that day for boiler cleaning.

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Polish destroyer BLYSKAWICA arrived at Scapa Flow at 1500 to carry out working up practices after a long refit.

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Destroyer MARNE departed Methil at 2000 for the Clyde to conduct torpedo trials. The destroyer arrived at 0830/4th.

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Minesweper SALTASH departed Sheerness for passage to the Faroes to rejoin the 4th Minesweeper Squadron.

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British tanker BRITISH CAPTAIN (6968grt/总吨位) was sunk on a mine near 54 C Buoy in 52-13-10N, 1-54-41E. One crewman was missing on the tanker.

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Italian submarine CAPPELLINI sank Steamer MIGUEL DE LARRINAGA (5231grt/总吨位) in 35-14N, 29-52. Portuguese destroyer VOUGA was despatched from Ponta Delgada to search for survivors.

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U.43 sank American tanker ASTRAL (7542grt/总吨位) in 35-40N, 24-00. The entire crew of eight officers and twenty nine men were lost.

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U.562 sank Steamer GRELHEAD (4274grt/总吨位) two miles north of Point Negri, Morocco. Two crew were rescued.

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U.557 sank Norwegian steamer FJORD (4032grt/总吨位) off Estepona Point, Spain. Fourteen crew were lost on the steamer.

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German steamer CORDELIA (1357grt/总吨位) was sunk of Konstanza by a Soviet submarine.

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U.205 attacked a destroyer near Alexandria.

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Destroyers NAPIER, GRIFFIN, HOTSPUR, and DECOY departed Alexandria to sweep off the Cyrenician coast. The destroyers returned to Alexandria on the 4th. As destroyer DECOY was proceeding to her mooring, she collided withPolish steamer WARSZAWA (2487grt/总吨位). Destroyer DECOY's bow was seriously damaged. The destroyer departed Alexandria on the 15th for repair at Malta, completed on 10 February.

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Submarine PERSEUS unsuccessfully attacked a steamer in the Ionian Sea.

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Indian patrol vessel NETRAVATI engaged French sloop ELORN five miles north of Musha Island. The French sloop was escorting a submarine northbound from Djibouti. The action had no results and ELORN returned to Djibouti.

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Destroyers ARROW and BLANKNEY arrived at Gibraltar from the UK, carrying RAF stores, and destroyer HARVESTER arrived from escorting convoy OG.77 at the start.

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Submarine CLYDE arrived at Gibraltar after patrol. She departed again that day to relieve Dutch submarine O.24 on patrol off Oran. The Dutch submarine then proceeded to patrol off Naples.

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After British aircraft reported a submarine 13 miles 340° from Cape Spartel, sloop STORK attacked a contact at this location. The hunt was continued with destroyer BRADFORD and corvette MARIGOLD without result.

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Battleship PRINCE OF WALES, battlecruiser REPULSE, and destroyers ELECTRA, EXPRESS, ENCOUNTER, and JUPITER arrived at Singapore. These ships with battleship REVENGE and destroyer VAMPIRE were the British Eastern Fleet.

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Light cruiser MAURITIUS arrived at Singapore for repairs.