Table of Data Points

Tag : Naval

1940-06-21Bardia Bombarded

7th Cruiser Squadron of the Mediterranean Fleet (including the HMAS Sydney), bombards Bardia.

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1940-06-19Jean Bart

The French battleship Jean Bart leaves St-Nazaire for Casablanca.

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1940-06-181940-06-23Richelieu

Richelieu sailed from Brest to Dakar, escorted by the Adroit class destroyers Fougueux and Frondeur.

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1940-06-17Lancastria

The British liner Lancastria is sunk while evacuating troops from France. Three thousand lives are lost.

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1940-06-12British Invasion Defences

Construction begins on infrastructure to defend the British Isles from invasion (anti-tank ditches, pillboxes etc..).

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1940-06-08HMS Glorius

The British carrier Glorious and two escorting destroyers are sunk, when they encounter the German battlecruisers Schanhorst and Gneisenau while returning from Norway.

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1940-05-09U-9 sinks Doris

When Doris, a French coastal submarine is sunk by German submarine U-9, the entire crew and three Royal Navy personnel are lost.

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1940-04-13Second Battle of Narvik Fjord

Seven German destroyers are sunk by British destroyers supporting the Battleship Warspite.

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1940-04-11BEF

The British Expiditionary Force sails for Norway.

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1940-04-10First Battle of Narvik Fjord

Germany and Britain lose a destroyer.

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