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| 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Battleship | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fleet Carrier | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Light Carrier | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 9 | Heavy Cruiser | 17 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 17 |
| 9 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 15 | Light Cruiser | 60 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 19 |
| 53 | 0 | 88 | 33 | 121 | Destroyer | 228 | 143 | 61 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 213 | 102 |
| 64 | 8 | 100 | 38 | 138 | Submarine | 142 | 52 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 71 | 51 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Escort Carrier | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 43 | Escorts | 100 | 73 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 | Other | 59 | 49 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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| Battleship | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fleet Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Light Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heavy Cruiser | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Light Cruiser | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Destroyer | 50 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 10 |
| Submarine | 194 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 4 |
| Escort Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Escorts | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Thursday 01 August 1940 | |||||
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| Naval | Italian Navy establish a submarine base at Bordeaux in occupied France |
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Oswald | Submarine | Lost | Rammed by Italian warship Ugolino Vivaldi 10 miles SW of Cape Spartivento, in the Ionian Sea, boat scuttled by crew, 3 dead, 52 survivors 37.46N 16.16E 01/08/1940 | |
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Spearfish | Submarine | Lost | Torpedoed by German submarine U-34, W of Stavanger, in the North Sea, the boat had been spotted on the surface & torpedoed 1 survivor 01/08/1940 | |
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U-25 | Submarine | Lost | Mined in British minefield in the North Sea N of Terschelling, 49 dead, 0 survivors 54.14N 05.07E 01/08/1940 | |
| Politics | Operation Sea Lion: Adolf Hitler sets invasion date for the United Kingdom as the 15th September 1940 |
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| Friday 02 August 1940 | |||||
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| Politics | General Charles De Gaulle sentenced to death in absentia by Vichy French military court The Soviet Union formally annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina |
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| Saturday 03 August 1940 | |||||
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| Politics | The Soviet Union formally annexes Lithuania |
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| Military | East Africa Front: Italian forces invade British Somaliland |
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| Sunday 04 August 1940 | |||||
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| Monday 05 August 1940 | |||||
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| Politics | The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia |  |
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| Tuesday 06 August 1940 | |||||
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| Politics | The Soviet Union formally annexes Estonia |
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| Wednesday 07 August 1940 | |||||
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| Thursday 08 August 1940 | |||||
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| Friday 09 August 1940 | |||||
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| Other | German Bantamweight Boxing Title Hermann Remscheid (Germany) beat Hubert Offermanns (Germany) Ko 8, Bockbrauerei, Berlin. |
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| Saturday 10 August 1940 | |||||
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Transylvania | Armed Merchant Cruiser | Lost | Damaged by a torpedo from the German submarine U-56, off Malin Head, N of Ireland, the ship sank whilst being towed to the coast, 48 dead, 55.50N 08.03W 10/08/1940 | |
| Sunday 11 August 1940 | |||||
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| Military | East Africa Front: Battle of Tug Argan between British and Italian forces in British Somaliland |
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| Monday 12 August 1940 | |||||
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| Tuesday 13 August 1940 | |||||
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| Military | Battle of Britain: The beginning of the battle with German attacks on the RAF in southern England |
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| Wednesday 14 August 1940 | |||||
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| Politics | Tizard Mission: British scientist Sir Henry Tizard leaves for the USA with secret British technologies. In the hope, they could harness American industrial resources |
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| Thursday 15 August 1940 | |||||
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U-51 | Submarine | Damaged | Damaged by depth charge attack from British RAF Sunderland aircraft 210 Squadron SW of Rockall 15/08/1940 | |
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Elli | Light Cruiser | Lost | Torpedoed by Italian submarine Delfino, off Tenos Island, Crete, the ship hit in boiler room & she caught fire, 9 dead, 24 injured 15/08/1940. This was an unprovoked peacetime attack by an unknown submarine at the time. Fragments of the torpedo were recovered & found to be Italian in origin | |
| Military | East Africa Front: End of the Battle of Tug Argan with victory for Italians over British forces in British Somaliland |
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| Other | Football International: Argentina 5-0 Uruguay, Estadio Gasómetro, Buenos Aries Adolf Eichmann, head of the Reich Main Security Office (RSHA Sub-Department IV-B4) of the SS (Schutzstaffel), released a memorandum titled Reichssicherheitshauptamt: Madagaskar Projekt (Reich Main Security Office: Madagascar Project), calling for the resettlement of a million Jews per year for four years to the island of Madagascar. Abandoning the idea of retaining any Jews in Europe |
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| Friday 16 August 1940 | |||||
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| Other | German Middleweight Boxing Title Jupp Besselmann (Germany) drew with Gustav Eder (Germany) Pts 12, Bockbrauerei, Berlin. |
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| Saturday 17 August 1940 | |||||
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| Naval | Germans declare blockade of the British Isles |
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| Sunday 18 August 1940 | |||||
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| Monday 19 August 1940 | |||||
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| Military | East Africa Front: Italian forces take Berbera the capital of British Somaliland |
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| Tuesday 20 August 1940 | |||||
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| Naval | Italy declares a blockade of the British ports in the Mediterranean Sea |
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U-51 | Submarine | Lost | Torpedoed by British submarine Cachalot, in the Bay of Biscay W of Nantes, France whilst on the surface heading for the port, 43 dead, 0 survivors, 47.06N 04.51W 20/08/1940 | |
| Politics | British PM Winston Churchill delivers his "Never was so much owed by so many to so few", speech in the House of Commons |  |
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| Wednesday 21 August 1940 | |||||
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| Thursday 22 August 1940 | |||||
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| Naval | Germans start shelling Dover and nearby areas with long-range artillery |
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Iride | Submarine | Lost | Torpedoed by Swordfish aircraft from British warship Eagle near Tobruk 22/08/1940 | |
| Friday 23 August 1940 | |||||
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Hostile | Destroyer | Lost | Damaged by Italian mine 18 miles SE of Cape Bon, Tunisia, extensive damage to engine room & broke back of the ship, the crew abandoned ship & she was scuttled by torpedoes from British warship Hero, 5 dead, 3 injured, 36.53N 11.19E 23/08/1940 | |
| Saturday 24 August 1940 | |||||
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Penzance | Sloop | Lost | Torpedoed by German submarine U-37, SW of Iceland, in the North Atlantic, 90 dead, 7 survivors 56.16N 27.19W 24/08/1940 | |
| Military | Battle of Britain: German aircraft mistakenly bombs the church at Cripplegate, London and so reshaping the future of the Battle of Britain |
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| Sunday 25 August 1940 | |||||
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| Politics | Battle of Britain: British cabinet orders retaliation bombing of Berlin and other German cities in retaliation for the German bombing of Cripplegate, London |
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| Monday 26 August 1940 | |||||
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| Tuesday 27 August 1940 | |||||
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Dunvegan Castle | Armed Merchant Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by a torpedo from German submarine U-46, 120 miles NW of Ireland, in the North Atlantic, 27 dead, 55.05N 11.00W 27/08/1940 | |
| Wednesday 28 August 1940 | |||||
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Walpole | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by German Stuka Ju-87 dive bomber aircraft at Dover, during anti-invasion patrol. Her turbines were damaged 28/08/1940 | |
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Dunvegan Castle | Armed Merchant Cruiser | Lost | Damaged by a torpedo from German submarine U-46, 120 miles NW of Ireland, in the North Atlantic, 27 dead, 55.05N 11.00W 27/08/1940. Ship sank 28/08/1940 | |
| Thursday 29 August 1940 | |||||
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| Other | Football International: Finland 2-3 Sweden, Olympic Stadium, Helsinki |
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| Friday 30 August 1940 | |||||
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Zulu | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by German acoustic mine, in the North Sea, mine caused serious structural damage 30/08/1940 | |
| Politics | The Second Vienna Diktat: Germany and Italy order Romania to hand over Northern Transylvania to Hungary |
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| Saturday 31 August 1940 | |||||
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Esk | Destroyer Minelayer | Lost | The Texel Disaster: Damaged by a German mine off Terschelling whilst laying mines off the Dutch coast, she ran into a newly laid minefield. She came alongside damaged British warship Express, the ship hit a second mine that broke her back, she sank quickly 135 dead, 25 survivors captured, 53.23N 03.48E 31/08/1940 | |
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Express | Destroyer Minelayer | Damaged | The Texel Disaster: Damaged by a German mine off Terschelling whilst laying mines off the Dutch coast. She ran into newly laid German minefield, the forward part of the ship was destroyed taken in tow by British warships Kelvin, then Jupiter & finally tugs, 57 dead, 9 survivors captured by Germans 31/08/1940 |  |
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Ivanhoe | Destroyer | Lost | The Texel Disaster: Damaged by a German mine off Terschelling whilst laying mines off the Dutch coast, she ran into a newly laid German minefield. She came alongside damaged British warship Express, the crew managed to get steam up & move her, but further, an inspection found that her back was broken & she had to be abandoned 31/08/1940. Scuttled by gunfire by British warship Kelvin when she was found still afloat 53.26N 03.45E 01/09/1940 | |
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Prince of Wales | Battleship | Damaged | Damaged during a Luftwaffe air raid on Merseyside, the ship was in Cammell Laird’s wet basin when a bomb exploded between the dock wall and the hull of the ship. The bomb punched a hole in her hull below her 15” armoured belt. Thousands of tons of water flooded into the incomplete battleship 31/08/1940. Divers patch up her hull, whilst the Birkenhead Fire Brigade took 40 hours to pump her out and get her on an even keel. She was then moved to dry dock for a permanent repair to her damaged hull, whilst the Admiralty prioritised getting her propulsion system ready for sea, as it was feared that the ship would remain vulnerable to further damage whilst on Merseyside. Completion would have to take place in Scotland at Rosyth | |