In Britain...
At 0130, the British battleship, Royal Oak (29,150 tons), is sunk at anchor in the Home Fleet base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands, by U-47 commanded by Kapitanleutnant Prien. Three of 7 torpedoes hit and in 13 minutes the ship capsized. British losses are about 800 dead (786-810) and 414 survivors of a crew of 1200. German aerial reconnaissance photographs had revealed a 50-foot gap in the defenses at the entrance to Kirk Sound -- wide enough for a U-boat. This is a major blow to British prestige as well as an indication of a very serious real weakness in the defenses. Meanwhile, the Polish submarine Orzel reaches British waters after a daring escape from the Baltic Sea.
Royal Oak
U-47
On the Western Front...
General Gamelin, French Commander-in-Chief, issues an Order of the Day predicting a massive German offensive "at any moment.
General Gamelin
In Latvia...
The first group ethnic German Latvian citizens leaves for the Third Reich leaves by sea.
In Moscow...
Soviet and Finnish representatives conclude the talks to discuss border revisions. There is little change in the terms offered by either side. Finnish counterproposals for a land exchange on their mutual border are refused by the Soviet negotiators.
In the United States...
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, and the New York Herald Tribune, as well as many Canadians, protest the comments made by Charles Lindbergh in a radio broadcast last night.
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada
In France...
The escaped Polish Intelligence team resumes code-breaking operations with their highly secret replicas of the German "Enigma" machine.
At 0130, the British battleship, Royal Oak (29,150 tons), is sunk at anchor in the Home Fleet base at Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands, by U-47 commanded by Kapitanleutnant Prien. Three of 7 torpedoes hit and in 13 minutes the ship capsized. British losses are about 800 dead (786-810) and 414 survivors of a crew of 1200. German aerial reconnaissance photographs had revealed a 50-foot gap in the defenses at the entrance to Kirk Sound -- wide enough for a U-boat. This is a major blow to British prestige as well as an indication of a very serious real weakness in the defenses. Meanwhile, the Polish submarine Orzel reaches British waters after a daring escape from the Baltic Sea.
Royal Oak
U-47
On the Western Front...
General Gamelin, French Commander-in-Chief, issues an Order of the Day predicting a massive German offensive "at any moment.
General Gamelin
In Latvia...
The first group ethnic German Latvian citizens leaves for the Third Reich leaves by sea.
In Moscow...
Soviet and Finnish representatives conclude the talks to discuss border revisions. There is little change in the terms offered by either side. Finnish counterproposals for a land exchange on their mutual border are refused by the Soviet negotiators.
In the United States...
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada, chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee, and the New York Herald Tribune, as well as many Canadians, protest the comments made by Charles Lindbergh in a radio broadcast last night.
Senator Key Pittman of Nevada
In France...
The escaped Polish Intelligence team resumes code-breaking operations with their highly secret replicas of the German "Enigma" machine.
