14 Dec 1939
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15 Dec 1939
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19 Feb 1940
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20 Feb 1940
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23 Apr 1940
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- A brief action took place between the French 8th Destoyer Division under Captain E. G. M. Barthes. The heavy destroyers L'Imdomptable, Le Malin and Le Triomphant engaged the German 7th Patrol Boat Flotillacommanded by Lieutenant Commander G. Schultze. The German called in bombers but their attack scored no hits and the French forces returned to the North Sea. ww2dbase [Invasion of Denmark and Norway | Skagerrak | HM]
9 May 1940
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- British destroyer HMS Kelly with Lord Louis Mountbatten aboard went on patrol in the Skagerrak between Sweden and Germany, escorted by cruiser HMS Birmingham and destroyers HMS Kandahar, HMS Bulldog, HMS Kimberley, and HMS Hasty. Five German torpedo boats attacked this fleet in the evening. Torpedo boat S-31 damaged HMS Kelly with one torpedo, killing 27; she would require HMS Bulldog to tow her back to port. ww2dbase [Kelly | Skagerrak | CPC]
19 Sep 1944
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21 Sep 1944
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5 Oct 1944
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6 Oct 1944
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31 Dec 1946
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- Schwabenland was scuttled in the Skagerrak with poison gas ammunition aboard. ww2dbase [Schwabenland | Skagerrak | CPC]
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