Chronology of the War at Sea 1939-1945: The Naval History of World War Two

120 Squadron RAF air attack air reconnaissance April Arctic August auxiliary cruiser Baltic barrage battlecruiser battleship Bay of Biscay Benghazi Black Sea bomb bombers British destroyers British submarine Cape Capt 3rd Class coast Commander consisting convoy corvettes December deployed depth charges Destroyer Division Destroyer Flotilla destroyers east English Channel February fighters Fleet Flotilla Cdr freighter French frigate German Gibraltar gunboat heavy cruiser Island Italian submarines January July Mediterranean June landing lays Lt-Cdr Malta March Maru Mediterranean minelayer mines minesweepers misses motor minesweeper naval night North Atlantic North Sea Norway Norwegian November October operation outbound Pacific pack RAF Bomber Command Rear-Adm route S-Boat Flotilla sailing September shell sights sinks one ship sinks three ships sinks two ships sloop sortie Soviet submarine Squadron RAF steamship Strait submarine submarine-chasers sunk tanker three ships totalling torpedo aircraft torpedo boats transport trawler Tripoli troops U-boats Vice-Adm