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 | 1939-12-04 | U-36 | The German submarine U-36 was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea by the British submarine HMS Salmon | Read about 'U-36' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'U-36' | |
| 1939-11-23 | Rawalpindi | Despite being hopelessly outgunned, 60-year old Captain Edward Coverley Kennedy RN of Rawalpindi decided to fight, rather than surrender. He was heard to say "Well fight them both, theyll sink us, and that will be that. Good-bye". | Read about 'Rawalpindi' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rawalpindi' | |
| 1939-10-16 | Firth of Forth | German air campaign against Britain begins. During a raid on Firth of Forth, the cruisers Southampton and Edinburgh are damaged. | Read about 'Firth of Forth' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Firth of Forth' | |
| 1939-10-14 | Scapa Flow | The battleship Royal Oak is sunk by U-47 in the supposedly secure anchorage of Scapa Flow. 833 crew are lost. | Read about 'Scapa Flow' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Scapa Flow' | |
| 1939-09-30 | Graf Spee | The German raider sinks the merchantman Clement, off Brazil. | Read about 'Graf Spee' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Graf Spee' | |
| 1939-09-25 | English Channel | The British Royal Navy begins laying mines in the English Channel. Germans begin to lay magnetic mines in British coastal shipping lanes. | Read about 'English Channel' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'English Channel' | |
 | 1939-09-20 | U-27 sunk | U-27 was hunted down and sunk very early in the war. She was the second submarine (after U-39) to be sunk. | Read about 'U-27 sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'U-27 sunk' | |
| 1939-09-17 | Courageous | British aircrat carrier is sunk by U-29 southwest of Ireland. The submarine is in turn sunk by destroyers in the carrier's escort. | Read about 'Courageous' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Courageous' | |
| 1939-09-14 | First U-Boat sunk | U-39, having been on patrol for 27 days, fires two torpedoes at the HMS Ark Royal. The torpedoes explode prematurely and the sub is hunted down and sunk by destroyers. The crew survives and are captured. | Read about 'First U-Boat sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First U-Boat sunk' | |
| 1939-09-09 | BEF | The British Expiditionary force begins deployment into France. | Read about 'BEF' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'BEF' |
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