1939 ⟶ HMS Barham Damaged by U-Boat
While patrolling the Butt of Lewis the British battleship HM...
Year
1939
1940
🚢 HMS Barham Damaged by U-Boat
While patrolling the Butt of Lewis the British battleship HMS Barham is damaged by the German U-30 and put out of service for four months.⟶
UKNavyU-boatsAtlanticWar at SeaMilitary
💥 HMS Courageous Sunk by German U-Boat
The British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous is torpedoed and sunk by U-29 on patrol off the coast of Ireland, causing the death of 514 aboard; it represented the first major warship to be sunk in the war.⟶
UKNavyU-boatAtlanticAircraft CarrierWar at SeaCasualties
🚢 HMS Belfast Damaged by German Mine
The new German strategy of planting magnetic mines in the British seas obtains its first major success when a mine planted by the U-52 in the Firth of Forth put the light cruiser HMS Belfast out of service until the autumn of 1942.⟶
UKnavynaval warfareminesFirth of ForthHMS Belfastmagnetic minesWWII
🚢 HMS Nelson Damaged by Mine
The British battleship HMS Nelson is incapacitated for six months by yet another magnetic mine left this time by the U-52 off Loch Ewe.⟶
UKRoyal NavyNaval WarfareMagnetic MineLoch EweWarAtlanticMilitaryDamage
⚓️ HMS Exmouth Sunk by U-boat
A U-boat sinks British destroyer HMS Exmouth and its crew of 135 are all lost.⟶
UKU-boatNaval WarfareAtlanticLoss of LifeRoyal NavyExmouth