Battle of the Atlantic
- U-147 sinks the Norwegian steamer Rimfakse (1134t) 130 miles northwest of Scotland with the loss of 11 crewmen. 8 survivors are picked up by the British steamer Hengist.
- U-552 sinks the British steamer Beacon Grange (10,160t) south of Iceland with the loss of 2 crewmen. 82 survivors are picked up by the Belgian trawler Edouvard Anseele and later transferred to the British corvette Gladiolus.
- The British steamer Celte (943t) is sunk by German bombing west of the Faroes.
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]The Blitz
There is a raid on Portsmouth. 38 aircraft drop 70 tons of high explosives and 7,000 incendiaries. The damage is great. There are major fires at H.M. Dockyard and Messrs McIlroys Ltd, Commercial Road. 2/3 of the city is affected by widespread damage to homes and business property. In an explosion at Madden's Hotel 28 people are killed. The casualties for the raid are 102 killed and 270 seriously injured.
[ | ]Greece
German tanks enter Athens. Motorcycle troops raise the German flag over the Acropolis at 8:35a.m. A transport is bombed off Nauplia and 2 destroyers that come to the rescue are also sunk. Many of the soldiers on all 3 ships are lost. Also at Nauplia a burning merchant ship blocks the pier on the last night and 1,700 men have to be left behind.
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Mediterranean
- The carrier Ark Royal flies a further 23 Hurricanes to Malta. A small convoy also arrives at the island with some supplies from Gibraltar and some reinforcements which are to join the Mediterranean Fleet at Alexandria.
- The British submarine Usk is lost in a minefield off Cape Bon, Tunisia.
- The Dutch troopship Costa Rica (8672t) is sunk by German bombing north of Crete. The entire crew and all passengers are rescued by the British light cruiser Phoebe and the destroyers Hero, Hereward and Defender.
The British destroyer Hereward picking up survivors from the Costa Rica, April 27 1941. British Destroyer Hereward Picking Up Survivors
- Greek ships lost to German air attacks include the steamer Astir (1350t) at Kapsalion and the steamer Hollandia (1759t) at Hermione.
| ]North Africa
Gen von Paulus arrives in North Africa on an inspection tour of Rommel's force. He has orders from OKH to try to bring Rommel under control and sort out a situation which, from Germany, seems very confused. He immediately halts preparations for more attacks on Tobruk. German reconnaissance units enter Egypt and occupy the Halfaya Pass, one of the few routes from Egypt by which the Cyrenaica plateau can be reached.
[ | ]Singapore
In a meeting here, American, British and Dutch military representative agree on a combined operating plan of local defense forces in the Pacific should Japan enter the war. Capt W. R. Purnell, USN, is the senior US representative.
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