Battle of the Atlantic

• U-99 torpedoes the British whaling ship Terje Viken (20,638t) southwest of Iceland. The entire crew is rescued. The wreck of the whaling ship is sunk on the 14th by 2 destroyers and a corvette.
• U-70 is forced to surface after an attack by the British corvettes Arbutus and Camelia. 25 of her crew are taken prisoner. 20 are lost in the encounter.
• U-99 sinks the already damaged British tanker Athelbeach (6568t) southwest of Iceland with the loss of 7 of her crew. 37 survivors are picked up by the British corvette Camelia.
• U-37 sinks the Greek steamer Mentor (3050t) from dispersed Convoy OB-292 270 miles southwest of Iceland with the loss of 7 crewmen. 22 survivors are picked up by a Faroese trawler.
• The British destroyer Wolverine sinks the German submarine U-47 in an engagement with Convoy OB-293. All the crew is lost. The U-47 is commanded by the ace captain, Günther Prien, known as the 'Bull of Scapa Flow' and one of 3 leading U-boat captains who will be killed or captured in the next few weeks. Churchill described the U-boat commander as 'the formidable, indomitable Prien'.
• The British steamer Flashlight (934t) is sunk by German bombing off Grimsby. The entire crew is rescued.
• During the night German motor torpedo boats attack Convoys FN-426 and FS-429 off Yarmouth and Cromer sinking 5 ships. The British steamer Dotterel (1385t) is badly damaged by S-29 with the loss of 8. She goes ashore but the is no possibility of salvage. The British steamer Kenton (1047t) is sunk by S-31 with the loss of 4 of her crew. The British steamer Corduff (2345t) is sunk by S-28 with the loss of 7. The British steamer Boulderpool (4805t) is sunk by S-61. The entire crew is rescued. The British steamer Rye is sunk by S-27 with the loss of her entire crew of 24. The British steamer Togston is sunk by S-102 with the loss of 8. The British steamer Norman Queen is slso sunk by S-102 with the loss of 14 of her crew.

Britain, Home Front

It is announced that the Admiralty will control labor in the shipyards.

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Greece

The first elements of the British expeditionary force to Greece arrive at the port of Piraeus and at Volos. The land force will consist of, not the 100,000 troops promised, but of 4 divisions (57,000 men), 2 of which will be armored.

The Marit Maersk Arrives in Piraeus, Greece