US NAVY
Naval Attaché in Berlin reports that Grossadmiral
Erich Raeder, Commander in Chief of the German Navy, has informed him that
all submarine commanders had reported negatively concerning the sinking of
British passenger liner Athenia (see 22 September and 8 November).
British Admiralty,
reflecting the need to protect the Atlantic lifeline necessary to Britain's
survival, announces establishment of convoy system for its merchant shipping;
first Halifax-United Kingdom convoy (HX 1) sails--eighteen ships escorted by
Canadian destroyers HMCS St. Laurence and HMCS Saguenay.
German submarine U
31 inaugurates U-boat campaign against convoys when she attacks westbound
convoy OB 4, torpedoing and sinking British merchant steamer Aviemore in
the North Atlantic, 49°11'N, 13°38'W.
U.S. freighter Shickshinny is detained at Glasgow, Scotland, by British authorities (see 18 September).
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