Event #1
The Australian Government requested the British Admiralty to return HMAS HOBART, (cruiser), and HMAS YARRA, (sloop), to Australian waters.

Event #2
The minesweeper HMS LADY SHIRLEY, (LCDR Callaway, RANVR), was sunk by the German submarine U374 in the Straits of Gibraltar. There were no survivors. A search for the missing vessel was carried out by HMS ST, NECTAN, commanded by LEUT Osborne, RANVR.