Premier made statement in house of commons on British seizure
of French warships and action off Oran. Pétain government
announced that the French warships at Alexandria, had been
ordered to leave. If escape was impossible, Adolf
Hitler had ordered that they must be scuttled. French
admiralty ordered warships at present on high seas to intercept
British merchant vessels.
The British Royal Air Force (RAF) made daylight raids on oil
refineries near Hanover, and Emmerich. Aerodromes at Amsterdam
and Brussels were attacked. During the night the British Royal
Air Force (RAF) carried out attacks on naval bases at Wilhelmshaven,
Emden, and Kiel, on Dortmund-Ems Canal on lines of communication
at Hamburg, Cologne and elsewhere, on aerodromes at Varel,
Hamburg Aachen and Brussels.
Nine Italian fighters shot down by the British Royal Air Force
(RAF) near Sidi Barrani, Western desert.
Small British garrisons at Kassala and Gallabat, Sudan frontier,
withdrew after heavy mechanised enemy attack in which the
Italians lost eight tanks, two aircraft and 300 men.
Luftwaffe aircraft approached Channel coast. At Portland naval
auxiliary vessels were set on fire and a tug and lighter sunk
11 civilians killed. Bombs dropped on South Western countries,
but no military objectives hit. One Luftwaffe
Heinkel
He 111 bomber and one
Messerschmitt
Bf 109 fighter shot down.
Romanian government resigned. M Gigurtu succeeded M Tatarescu
as premier and formed a new cabinet.
T9
Torpedo boat
Commissioned 4 July 1940
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