Battle of the Atlantic

• U-77 sinks the British steamer Tresillian (4743t) southeast of Cape Race. The entire crew of 46 is picked up by the US Coast Guard cutter Duane.
• The Italian submarine Brin attacks Convoy SL-75 in the middle of the Atlantic and sinks the British steamer Djurdjura (3460t) and the Greek steamer Eirini Kyriakides (3781t). 33 of the crew are lost on the British ship, 5 are rescued. The entire crew of the Greek ship are lost.
• U-107 sinks the Greek steamer Pandias (4981t) west of Liberia with the loss of 11 of her crew. 23 survivors make it in lifeboats.
• German air attacks sink the British steamer Kingstown (628t) 9 miles northwest of Bishops Light, Bristol Channel, the British steamer St Patrick (1922t) in St George's Channel, and the Norwegian steamer Ala (933t) southeast of Portsmouth. The entire crew of the Kingstown are rescued, 30 are lost on the St Patrick, and 1 from the Ala.

The Blitz

An attempted night raid on Chatham naval base completely misfires. Bombs are scattered widely over southern and eastern England while 7 aircraft are shot down.

Irish Sea

The ferry steamer St Patrick is sunk by German aircraft off Fishguard. 23 people are killed.

Norwegian Sea

The German pocket battleship, Lutzow, is damaged by a torpedo attack from a British Beaufort aircraft off the Norwegian port of Lindesnes. Lutzow returns to port and will be in dock until January 1942.

The German Pocket Battleship Lutzow

Soviet Union, Politics

The news agency Tass issues an official denial that there is tension between Germany and the USSR. It states that 'there could be no misunderstanding between the two countries'. The massive troop movements are just military exercises.

Vichy France

The Vichy government announces that more than 12,000 Jews have been arrested and are 'interned' in concentration camps because of a 'Jewish plot' to hinder Franco-German cooperation. The anti-Semitic laws in Vichy are being extended to include the expropriation of Jewish business without compensation.