Chronology of the War at Sea, 1939-1945: 1939-1942

air attacks air reconnaissance Arctic auxiliary cruiser auxiliary cruiser Schiff Baltic barrage battlecruiser battleship Black Sea Boiki bombers British cruiser British destroyer British submarine Cape Capt 3rd Class coast Commander comprising the cruisers convoy corvettes covering force Cruiser Sqdn DD Div DD Flotilla Dec Mediterranean depth charges destroyers Dutch English Channel escort fighters flotilla leader Force H four ships freighter French Gibraltar gunboat harbour heavy cruisers Italian submarines Japanese July Mediterranean June land light cruisers Lt-Cdr Malta Mediterranean The Italian minelayer mines minesweepers MTB Flotilla naval night North Atlantic North Sea Norway operation RAF Bomber Command Sevastopol shell sights the convoy sinks one ship sinks three ships sinks two ships sloop sortie South Soviet submarine steamer Strait submarine-chasers sunk tanker Tobruk tons and damages tons and torpedoes torpedo aircraft torpedoes one ship trawler troyers U-boats Vice-Adm Western Atlantic