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1939 - October 1939 - October

October 14
Sea War, North Sea
The British battleship Royal Oak is sunk, with 786 lives lost, after U-47 passes through antisubmarine defenses at Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, where the Home Fleet is anchored. Defenses are improved at the base after this dramatic attack.