Battle of the Atlantic - The brand-new British cruiser Belfast is seriously damaged by a magnetic mine in the Firth of Forth. The Japanese liner Terukuni Maru strikes a mine and sinks in the Thames estuary.
- The Japanese liner Terukuni Maru (11,930t) strikes a mine and sinks in the Thames Estuary. This is the result of the German destroyer minelaying operation in the Thames Estuary the night of the 17th. All 206 passengers and crew are picked up by by the British trawler Gava and other small vessels.
- U-33 sinks the British trawler Sculby (287t) and the British trawler William Humphries (276t) 73 miles northwest of Rathlin Island. 5 crewmen are lost from the Sculby with 7 survivors being landed at Tobermory.
- The British destroyer Gipsy leaving Harwich strikes a mine and is badly damaged. The minefield was laid by U-19 the night of the 17th.
- The German merchant ship Tenarife (2436t) scuttles herself west of Iceland when intercepted by the British armed merchant cruiser Transylvania. The crew of 73 is taken aboard the British ship.
- U-41 sinks the French steamer Les Barges II (296t). Survivors are picked up by the Spanish fishing vessel Paz Y Trabajo and taken to Pasajes.
The German battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst are despatched into the North Atlantic.
German Sea Power
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