WORLD WAR TWO SEA WARDetailed record of world-wide naval actions and activities during World War II from August 1939 through March 1940. Includes naval events for all Axis, Allied, and neutral nations--both military and civilian. Events are partitioned by month, geographical area, day, and time. |
Contents
NAVAL DEPLOYMENT | 43 |
ROYAL NAVYNEWZEALAND DIVISION 52 NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | 52 |
Eastern Mediterranean Sea | 60 |
GENERAL | 66 |
NAVAL DEPLOYMENT France | 79 |
NAVAL DEPLOYMENT Germany | 85 |
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | 91 |
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | 125 |
GENERAL | 196 |
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | 232 |
Red Sea | 238 |
GENERAL | 247 |
SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN | 283 |
Middle Mediterranean Sea | 290 |
DAYTODAY OPERATIONS | 297 |
FEBRUARY 1940 | 343 |
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1939 Heavy cruiser 1939 Light cruiser aircraft carrier Anti-aircraft cruiser Anti-submarine trawler armed merchant cruisers arrived at Gibraltar arrived at Rosyth arrived at Scapa arrived at Southend attacked a submarine battleship British authorities detained Canadian destroyers Capt Casablanca coast Colombo convoy convoy arrived crew crewmen were lost damaged DECEMBER Denmark Strait departed Gibraltar departed Methil departed Rosyth departed Scapa Flow departed Southend escorted departed the Clyde departed the Tyne Destroyer Flotilla east England escort duties escorted by destroyers escorted by sloops escorting convoy Faeroes FEBRUARY Finnish FIREDRAKE Freetown French destroyers German destroyer German steamer Gibraltar Grimsby Heavy cruiser Home Fleet JANUARY joined Kptlt Loch Ewe Lt Cdr Malta MARCH merchant ships Methil miles minefield Minelayer minesweeper North Sea Northern Patrol Norwegian steamer Plymouth Polish Portsmouth refitting refuel repairs rescued Rosyth Russian sank steamer Scapa Flow Scotland ships departed South Southend submarine contact Sullom Voe survivors tanker trawler U-boat Wilhelmshaven