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| 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 19 | Battleship | 20 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | Fleet Carrier | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Light Carrier | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 22 | Heavy Cruiser | 33 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 32 | Light Cruiser | 64 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 51 | 8 | 7 | 72 | 45 | 108 | 240 | Destroyer | 455 | 177 | 152 | 14 | 50 | 14 | 8 | 0 |
| 58 | 4 | 1 | 78 | 199 | 58 | 340 | Submarine | 400 | 113 | 61 | 6 | 190 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Escort Carrier | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 9 | 19 | 56 | Escorts | 301 | 0 | 195 | 14 | 15 | 67 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 | Other | 46 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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| Battleship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fleet Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Light Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Heavy Cruiser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Light Cruiser | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Destroyer | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 6 |
| Submarine | 3 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Escort Carrier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Escorts | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sunday 1st February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | The United States Navy conducts the Marshalls-Gilberts raids attacking Jaluit, Mili, and Makin (Butaritari) islands as well as Kwajalein, Wotje, and Taroa. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy nighttime British air raid, 70+ aircraft attack on Brest, France. Main target German warships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau |
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Chester | Heavy Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by bombs from Japanese aircraft, off Taroa Island, Marshal Islands, in the Pacific Ocean, a bomb hit the well deck, 8 dead, 38 injured 01/02/1942 | |
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Abdiel | Light Cruiser | Lost | Damaged when run aground leaving Port Anson, Andaman Islands, ship damaged her port propeller shaft & bracket, only one propeller working 01/02/1942. The ship had to make her way to the UK for repair on River Tyne | |
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Katori | Patrol Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by bombs from Douglas SBD Dauntless aircraft from American warships Saratoga & Lexington, at Kwajalein Atoll, Pacific Ocean 01/02/1942. Withdrawn for repair 09/02/1942. Arrived for repair Yokosuka 21/02/1942 | |
| Military | Rommel's forces reach El Gazala, Libya, near the border with Egypt; during a "Winter lull," he will remain there. |
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| Other | United States automobile industry stops production and switches over the coming 12 months to producing war materials German Heavyweight Boxing Title Adolf Heuser beat Heinz Lazek Ko 3, Deutschlandhalle, Berlin. South America Championship: Argentina 0-0 Chile, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo South America Championship: Uruguay 3 0 Peru, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo Football International: Germany 1-2 Switzerland, Praterstadion, Vienna
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| Monday 2nd February 1942 | |||||
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Westcott | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged when ramming German submarine U-581, S of Pico Island, in the Azores, in the North Atlantic, 38.24N 28.30W 02/02/1942 | |
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U-581 | Submarine | Lost | Rammed by British warship Westcott, in the North Atlantic, S of Pico Island, in the Azores, 4 dead, 41 survivors captured 38.24N 28.30W 02/02/1942 | |
| Military | General "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell is named Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek and Commander-in-Chief of the Allied forces in China. |
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| Tuesday 3rd February 1942 | |||||
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| Military | Japanese aircraft attack naval base at Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies Japanese aircraft attack Port Moresby, New Guinea |
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| Wednesday 4th February 1942 | |||||
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Houston | Heavy Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by bomb miss from Japanese aircraft, in the S entrance of the Makassar Straits, during the Battle of the Makassar Straits, bomb knocked out her No. 3 turret, though she remained operational 04/02/1942 | |
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Marblehead | Light Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by 2 bombs & 1 near miss from Japanese aircraft, in the S entrance of the Makassar Straits, during the Battle of the Makassar Straits, bombs caused severe underwater damage, flooding & fires on board, her rudder was also damaged, 15 dead, 84 injured 04/02/1942. Arrived for repair after steaming 13,000 miles at New York Navy Yard 04/05/1942 | |
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Suzukaze | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by a torpedo from American submarine Sculpin, in the mouth of Staring Bay, Celebes Island. Torpedo flooded several compartments & the ship had to towed into Staring Bay by Japanese warships Yamakaze for emergency repair, 9 dead 04/02/1942. Departed for repair to Japan 28/03/1942. Arrived for repair Sasebo 08/04/1942 | |
| Thursday 5th February 1942 | |||||
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Arbutus | Corvette | Lost | Torpedoed by German submarine U-136, SW of Rockall, in the North Atlantic, 55.05N 19.43W 05/02/1942 | |
| Other | South America Championship: Brazil 1 1 Paraguay, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo South America Championship: Chile 2 1 Ecuador, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |
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| Friday 6th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy nighttime British air raid, 50+ aircraft attack on Brest, France. Main target German warships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau |
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U-82 | Submarine | Lost | Depth charged by British warships Hesperus & Tamarisk, N of the Azores, in the North Atlantic, 45 dead, 0 survivors 44.10N 23.52W 06/02/1942 | |
| Saturday 7th February 1942 | |||||
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| Other | South America Championship: Uruguay 1 0 Argentina, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo South America Championship: Peru 0 0 Chile, Estadio Centenario, Montevideo |
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| Sunday 8th February 1942 | |||||
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Natsushio | Destroyer | Lost | Torpedoed by American submarine S 37, S of Macassar, Celebes Island, in the Java Sea 05.10S 119.24E 08/02/1942 | |
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Alysse | Corvette | Lost | Torpedoed by German submarine U-654, 700 miles E of Cape Race, in the North Atlantic, 45.50N 44.48W 08/02/1942 | |
| Monday 9th February 1942 | |||||
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| Military | British troops retreat into Singapore for a final defence. Top United States military leaders hold their first formal meeting to discuss American military strategy in the war. |
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| Tuesday 10th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | The cruise liner SS Normandie catches fire and capsizes in New York harbour. Although the cause is probably a welder's torch, various conspiracies are imagined in the media. |
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| Wednesday 11th February 1942 | |||||
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Cleopatra | Light Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by bombs from German Ju 88 aircraft, in Malta Grand Harbour, hit by 500 Kg bomb, which exploded after passing through the forward structure, caused flooding forward & splinters damaged her torpedo tubes 11/02/1942. Arrived for repair Malta Dockyard 12/02/1942 | |
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Shark | Submarine | Lost | Possibly sunk by Japanese warship Yamakaze in the Makassar Strait 11/02/1942 | |
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Spikenard | Corvette | Lost | Torpedoed by German submarine U-136, SW of Rockall, in the North Atlantic, 8 survivors 56.10N 21.07W 11/02/1942 | |
| Thursday 12th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Start of "Channel Dash" – The German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, rush out of Brest through the English Channel to northern ports, including Wilhelmshaven, Germany. |
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Scharnhorst | Battleship | Damaged | Damaged by British air-dropped mine off the mouth of the Scheldt during Operation Cerberus the English Channel dash. A mine exploded abrest her forward turret, jamming her Bruno turret. The blast also knocked out her electrical system & oil pumps to her turbo-generators immobilizing her. After 20 minutes she was underway again down by the bow flooded with 1,200 tons of water. Hit the second mine off Terschelling on her starboard side. 2 of her 3 rudders were knocked out & only her centre shaft was working limiting her speed to 10 knots on 12/02/1942 | |
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Gneisenau | Battleship | Damaged | Damaged by mine off Terschelling during Operation Cerberus the English Channel dash. The mine exploded just forward of the rear turret on 12/02/1942 | |
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Durban | Light Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by bombs from Japanese aircraft, in Sunda Strait off Singapore, whilst escorting steamers carrying evacuees from Singapore. Her 6" gun mount was knocked out, but the ship remained operational on 12/02/1942. Arrived for repair to battle damage at New York Navy Yard 04/09/1942 | |
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Maori | Destroyer | Lost | Bombed by German Ju 88 aircraft, in Malta harbour, bomb burst in her engine room caught fire & blew up 12/02/1942 | |
| Friday 13th February 1942 | |||||
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Tempest | Submarine | Lost | Damaged by depth charges & forced to the surface by Italian MTB Circe, the Gulf of Taranto, in the Ionian Sea, Italians tried to board the boat, managed to get a tow line to her, but she sank stern first 39.15N 17.45E 13/02/1942 | |
| Saturday 14th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Allied Bomber Offensive: Major nighttime British air raid, 90+ aircraft attack on Bremen. |
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I-23 | Submarine | Lost | Lost reason unknown off Hawaii 14/02/1942 | |
| Sunday 15th February 1942 | |||||
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Van Ghent | Destroyer | Lost | Aground in narrow harbour mouth of Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies 15/02/1942 |  |
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Barker | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by a bomb near-miss from Japanese aircraft, off Banka Island. Near miss caused flooding & had to withdraw for repair 15/02/1942 | |
| Military | British forces surrender Singapore to Japanese forces |
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| Monday 16th February 1942 | |||||
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| Military | Japanese troops commit the Banka Island Massacre in which they open fire on Australian military nurses, killing 21. |
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| Other | American government circles are plans for the internment of Japanese-Americans living generally in the western US. |
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| Tuesday 17th February 1942 | |||||
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Van Nes | Destroyer | Lost | Bombed by aircraft from Japanese warship Ryujo, in Banka Strait, in the Java Sea, 68 dead, 03.27S 106.38E 17/02/1942 | |
| Military | British forces ordered Rangoon, Burma to be evacuated as Japanese forces approached. |
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| Wednesday 18th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Allied Bomber Offensive: Major nighttime British air raid, 150+ aircraft attack on Brest, France. Main target German warships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau |
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Tromp | Light Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from Japanese warship Arashio, whilst part of ABDA Command, in Badoeing Strait, in the Java Sea 18/02/1942 | |
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Worcester | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from German warships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau & Prinz Eugen, in the Straits of Dover, the English Channel during Operation Cerebus. Gunfire started fires in her No 1 boiler, caused extensive damage, 26 dead, 45 injured. The ship made way back to Dover on 18/02/1942 | |
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Piet Hein | Destroyer | Lost | Sunk by gunfire from Japanese warships Asahio, Oshio & Michishio, in Badoeing Strait, in the Java Sea, whilst part of ABDA Command, after which her magazine exploded 18/02/1942 | |
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Wilkes | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged in gale running aground at Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, along with American warship Truxton, the ship managed to back clear of the beach on 18/02/1942 | |
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Truxtun | Destroyer | Lost | Wrecked in a gale, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, 110 dead 18/02/1942 | |
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Surcouf | Submarine | Lost | Collision with American merchant ship Thomson Lykes, NE of Colon, in the Caribbean Sea 10.40N 79.32W 18/02/1942 | |
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K XIII | Submarine | Lost | Bombed by Japanese aircraft at Sourabaya, Dutch East Indies 18/02/1942 | |
| Thursday 19th February 1942 | |||||
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Michishio | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from American warships Pilsbury & John D Edwards and Dutch warship Tromp, during the Battle of Badung Strait, 13 dead, 83 injured 19/02/1942. Towed by Japanese warship Asashio to Makassar for repair | |
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Oshio | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from American warships Pilsbury & John D Edwards and Dutch warship Tromp, during the Battle of Badung Strait, 7 dead 19/02/1942. Temporary repair at Makassar for repair 22/02/1942 - 10/04/1942. Arrived for repair Yokosuka 15/05/1942 | |
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Peary | Destroyer | Lost | Sunk by 5 Japanese dive-bomber aircraft at Port Darwin, Australia, the ship was hit by 5 bombs, 80 dead, 13 injured 19/02/1942 | |
| Military | Major day time Japanese air raids 180+ carrier-based aircraft on Darwin, Australia Heavy day time Japanese air raids 50+ land-based aircraft on Darwin, Australia Major day time Japanese air raids 180+ aircraft by Japanese aircraft attack Darwin, in Australia's Northern Territory. |
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| Other | President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066 allowing the United States military to define areas as exclusionary zones. These zones affect the Japanese on the West Coast, and Germans and Italians primarily on the East Coast. Military conscription laws were passed in Canada. |
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| Friday 20th February 1942 | |||||
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Stewart | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from Japanese warships, during the Battle of Badung Strait, whilst part of ABDA Command, she was hit below the water line causing extensive flooding 20/02/1942. She reached Surabaya floating dry dock for repair on 22/02/1942. Scuttled in Surabaya drydock, Java, Dutch East Indies after being damaged by Japanese aircraft, demolition of the ship failed 02/03/1942. Repaired by Japanese & comm 20/09/1943: No 102. Recaptured when found in Japanese home waters 15/10/1945. Scuttled after being used as target off San Francisco 1946 | |
| Military | Japanese forces cross the Salween River in Burma. Japanese forces invade Bali and Timor using paratroops and amphibious troops. |
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| Saturday 21st February 1942 | |||||
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| Other | The American Air Corps is now firmly established at bases in the UK. |
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| Sunday 22nd February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 30+ aircraft attack on Wilhelmshaven, targetting the floating docks, German warship Scharnhorst, Gneisenau & Prinz Eugen |
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Avon Vale | Destroyer Escort | Damaged | Damaged by a bomb from Axis aircraft, in the Mediterranean Sea, during the Second Battle of Sirte 22/02/1942 | |
| Military | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt orders General Douglas MacArthur to evacuate the Philippines as American defence of the nation collapses. |
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| Monday 23rd February 1942 | |||||
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Prinz Eugen | Heavy Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by a torpedo from British submarine Trident outside Drontheim Fjord, the stern of the ship badly damaged on 23/02/1942 | |
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P 38 | Submarine | Lost | Damaged by depth charges & forced to the surface by Italian MTB Circe, E of Tripoli, in the Mediterranean Sea 32.50N 16.00E 23/02/1942 | |
| Tuesday 24th February 1942 | |||||
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Banckert | Destroyer | Lost | Damaged by Japanese aircraft during an air raid at Surabaya 24/02/1942 | |
| Wednesday 25th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy nighttime British air raid, 60+ aircraft attack on Kiel, targetting the floating docks, German warships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau |
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| Other | The internment of Japanese-American citizens in the Western United States begins as fears of invasion increased. Princess Elizabeth registers for war service. |
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| Thursday 26th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy nighttime British air raid, 40+ aircraft attack on Kiel, targetting the floating docks, German warships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau |
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| Other | Australian nurse Vivian Bullwinkel, the only survivor of the Banka Island Massacre, is captured and imprisoned by the Japanese. |
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| Friday 27th February 1942 | |||||
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| Naval | The Battle of the Java Sea – Under a Dutch Rear Admiral Karl Doorman, the combined forces lose 2 light cruisers and 3 destroyers. Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy nighttime British air raid, 60+ aircraft attack on Kiel, targetting the floating docks, German warships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau Allied Bomber Offensive: Heavy night-time British air raid, 30+ aircraft attack on Wilhelmshaven, hunting for German warship Scharnhorst |
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Gneisenau | Battleship | Damaged | Damaged by bombs from British aircraft at Kiel floating dock, fire touched off forward magazine 27/02/1942. De-commissioned 01/07/1942. Sunk as blockship, Gdynia, 28/03/1945. | |
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Exeter | Heavy Cruiser | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from Japanese warships, during Battle of Java Sea, whilst part of ABDA Command, ship hit by 8" shell bursting in the engine room, reducing speed to 11 knots 27/02/1942. Temporary repair at Surabaya, her speed limited to 20 knots 28/02/1942 | |
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De Ruyter | Light Cruiser | Lost | Torpedoed by Long Lance torpedo from Japanese warship Haguro, during Battle of the Java Sea, whilst part of ABDA Command, the ship hit in the stern & she was then engulfed in flames, 375 dead, 113 survivors captured, picked up by Japanese warship Yukikaze, 05.58.55S 112.03.57E 27/02/1942 | |
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Java | Light Cruiser | Lost | Torpedoed by Long Lance torpedo from Japanese warship Nachi, 40 miles WSW of Bawean, during the Battle of the Java Sea, whilst part of ABDA Command, hit in the engine room, all power was cut & all the crew could do was abandon ship, 512 dead, 06.00S 112.05E 27/02/1942 | |
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Electra | Destroyer | Lost | Damaged by gunfire from Japanese warships Asagumo, during in Battle of the Java Sea part of the ABDA Command, the ship was defending damaged British warship Exeter from further damage, she was disabled & sunk by gunfire from Japanese warship Jintsu, 108 dead, 54 survivors 27/02/1942 | |
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Jupiter | Destroyer | Lost | Mined in an unknown Dutch minefield, off Soerabaja during in Battle of the Java Sea part of the ABDA Command, the ship was manoeuvring to avoid Japanese warships gunfire when she hit the mine, she remained afloat for 4 hours before sinking, 84 dead, 97 survivors captured, 83 survivors rescued 06.45N 112.06E 27/02/1942 | |
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Kortenaer | Destroyer | Lost | Torpedoed by Long Lance torpedo from Japanese warship Haguro, during the Battle of the Java Sea, whilst part of ABDA Command, torpedo ripped ship into leaving both ends sinking 27/02/1942 | |
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Tigris | Submarine | Lost | Lost probably depth charged by German warship Uj-2210, in the western Mediterranean Sea 27/02/1943 | |
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Langley | Escort Carrier | Lost | Damaged by 5 bombs from Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty aircraft, 75 miles S of Tjilatjap, Java, Dutch East Indies, ship's engine room flooded & fires topside. The ship could not be brought into Tjilatap harbour & was scuttled by gunfire & torpedoes from American warships Whipple & Edsall, 16 dead, 08.51S 109.02E 27/02/1942 | |
| Saturday 28th February 1942 | |||||
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Asagumo | Destroyer | Damaged | Damaged by gunfire from British warship Electra, during the Battle of the Java Sea. Her engine room was temporarily knocked out, 4 dead, 19 injured 28/02/1942. Arrived emergency repair at Balikpapan 01/03/1943 | |
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Banckert | Destroyer | Lost | Damaged by Japanese aircraft during an air raid at Surabaya 28/02/1942 | |
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Jacob Jones | Destroyer | Lost | Torpedoed by German submarine U-578, SE of Cape May, New Jersey, 190 dead, 11 survivors, she was hit by 2 torpedoes, the first detonated the ship's magazine the second caused extensive structural damage to her stern, she took an hour to sink, 38.37N 74.32W 28/02/1942 | |
| Military | Japanese forces invade Java, Dutch East Indies. |
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