The Finnish delegation left Moscow to report to the government in Helsinki.
The British Admiralty announced that HMS Royal Oak had been sunk, presumably
by a U-boat.
Two French steamers Louisiane and Bretagne and one British
steamer Lockavon sunk by U-boats.
Signor Bastianini, new Italian ambassador
arrived in London.
U-47
commanded by Günther
Prien attacks a strongly defended naval base of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands
and sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak.
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