Atlantic

• The armed merchant cruiser Forfar (16,400t) is sunk by U-99 west of Ireland. 172 were killed with 18 survivors.
• In the South Atlantic near Cape Verde, the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer sinks the British steamer Tribesman (6242t) with the loss of 8 of her crew. 14 survivors are made prisoners of war.

Battle of the Atlantic

• U-37 sinks the British steamer Palmella (1587t), a straggler from Convoy OG-46, southwest of Oporto with the loss of 1 crewman. 28 survivors are picked up by the Spanish trawler Navemar.
• U-101 sinks the British tanker Appalachee (8826t) from Convoy HX-90 340 miles west of Bloody Foreland with the loss of 7 of her crew. 32 survivors are picked up by the British corvette Heliotrope.
• The British tanker British Officer (6990t) sinks on a mine one quarter mile east of North Pier Light, Tyne. 5 of the crew are lost.
• The Norwegian steamer Oslofjord (18,673t) about a half mile southwest of T2 Buoy, Tyne, with the loss of 1 crewman.

The Blitz

During the night Bristol is raided by 120 aircraft. Serious damage is done in some residential areas. Southampton is hit again with a 6-hour assault by 130 aircraft. The dock area suffers light damage, but the damage in the city itself is extensive due to fires. 2 factories and 1 mill are hit. There are 140 civilian casualties.

Italy, Home Front

Rationing begins for flour, rice, spaghetti and macaroni.

North Sea

The Norwegian liner Oslofjord (18,700t) and a British tanker both hit mines and sink off the Tyne in the North Sea.