Thursday, 12 November

Anti-aircraft ship TYNWALD (Captain P G Wodehouse DSO Rtd) was sunk on a mine off Bougie. Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) H E Longford RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) A P Millership RNVR, Ty/Lt (E) S J Smith RNR and seventeen ratings were missing.

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Destroyer depot ship HECLA (Captain S H T Arliss DSO, Commodore 2nd Class) was torpedoed by U.515 west of Gibraltar in 35-43N, 9-54 at 2315/11th and sank early on the 12th. Eight ratings were killed, Warrant Supply Officer H D Honey died of wounds, and Ty/Lt (E) G S Brettell, Ty/Lt G H G Cox RNVR, Warrant Electrician H Edmunds, Warrant Ordnance Officer L H Farr RNVR, Paymaster Lt E T Hackett RNVR, Commissioned Gunner (T) E Hayward, Ty/Paymaster Sub Lt J McK S Hotchkiss RNVR, Warrant Writer R Hutchison, Paymaster Captain F L Monk RNR, Ty/Boatswain S C Norcott, Ty/Sub Lt S C Richardson RNVR, Act/Warrant Cook J A Saunders and two hundred and sixty one ratings were missing.

Destroyer MARNE, escorting depot ship HECLA, was damaged by U.515 in 35-50N, 9-57. Ty/Midshipman R H Brown RNR and some ratings were lost. She was towed by tug SALVONIA to Gibraltar, arriving at noon on the 15th.