Diary December 18, 1941

12-1941, War Diary, Year 1941 / 1 minute of reading

HMS Queen Elizabeth in Alexandria harbour surrounded by anti-torpedo nets, which were useless against the Italian ‘human torpedoes’.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 18, 1941:

Sea War

Mediterranean – severe British naval losses (night December 18-19): ‘Force K‘ runs into minefield off Tripoli – cruiser Neptune and destroyer Kandahar sink (1 survivor on Neptune); 2 other cruisers damaged, 3 ‘human torpedo’ crews penetrate Alexandria Harbour and sink battleships Queen Elizabeth and Valiant (they are subsequently raised and repaired after many months).

China

Hong Kong: Japanese troops land on Hong Kong Island (night December 18-19).

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

Sea War

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