Sunday, 15 November

Escort aircraft carrier AVENGER (Cdr A P Colthurst), escorting convoy MKF 1, was sunk by U.155 west of Gibraltar. Cdr Colthurst, Warrant Aircraft Officer A G Ansell, Ty/Sub Lt (A) H D Anson-May RNVR, Lt Cdr J J Arkwright DSC, Ty/Sub Lt D F Barnard RNVR, Ty/Paymaster A E Barnett RNR, Lt (A) H Beggs, Ty/Act/Sub Lt J S Brew RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) J L Connell RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) V H G Cowper RNVR, Lt D P Z Cox, Ty/Lt S H Danson RNR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) S H Davies RNVR, Lt Cdr C H Dawson, Ty/Act/Lt R Duarte RNVR, Ty/Lt (E) E Dunkerley RNR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) C H Dunn RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt E Frame RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) I P Garrow DSC RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) E R Giles RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (E) C Gothard RNR, Sub Lt (A) F A Gresham, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) R J Hackett RNVR, Ty/Lt G B P Hall RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) J A Harrison RNVR, Lt J B Haynes RNR, Ty/Sub Lt (E) R Heavisides RNVR, Lt (A) D A Hutchinson DSC, Ty/Paymaster Sub Lt H V Jones RNR, Ty/Paymaster Sub Lt G T Kerr RNR, Ty/Lt J L Lane RNVR, Ty/Lt (A) M S Latter RNVR, Ty/Lt (A) A R Laurie RNVR, Ty/Lt (E) K CLawson RNR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) M Lees RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) F Love RNVR, Lt A J G Lydekker DSC, Ty/Lt Cdr (E) R F McArt RNR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) J McEvoy RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) G S Mansfield RNVR, Lt (A) P V Massy DSC, Ty/Sub Lt (A) P C H Morris RNVR, Ty/Lt T A R Muir RNR, Ty/Surgeon Lt J E Powell RCNVR, Ty/Paymaster Sub Lt F Richardson RNR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) E H Sainsbury RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (E) T D Scorer RNR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) E F Selly RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) A P A Shelley RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt T P Sheppard RCNVR, Ty/Lt A K Smith RNVR, Ty/Lt (E) T A Smith RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) H J Staff RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) C E Steele RNVR, Lt Cdr J G B Stratton, Ty/Sub Lt A G L Sutton RNVR, Sub Lt K E D Taylor RNR, Ty/Act/Gunner (T) G A Terry, Surgeon Lt Cdr N A Vernon RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) L B Watson RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (A) A D R Webber RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (A) T A Wightman RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (E) H Wilders RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A)H E Williams DSC RNVR, Ty/Act/Sub Lt (A) P J Williams RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) J K Wilson RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt (A) P S Woodham, Ty/Major N R M Skene RM and four hundred and thirty six ratings were lost. Just twelve survivors which picked up by destroyer GLAISDALE

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Minesweeper ALGERINE (Lt Cdr ACooke) was sunk by Italian submarine ASCIANGHI off Bougie. Four ratings died of wounds, and Cdr Cooke, Ty/Lt K G Butler RNR, Ty/Lt D Kemsley RNVR, Ty/Surgeon Lt A B Kennedy RNVR, Ty/Electrical Sub Lt R R C Radcliffe RNVR, Commissioned Engineer T K Reynolds DSC, Ty/Sub Lt J F Richards RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt J D Roberts RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt M A Wellington RNVR and sixty seven ratings were missing.

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Anti-submarine whaler ULLSWATER (555grt, Ty/Lt N BCRoss RNR) was sunk by a German motor torpedo boat in the English Channel. Lt Ross, Ty/Lt P Elliott RNVR, Ty/Sub Lt T F J Moss RNVR and thirty two ratings were missing.