22 Nov 1939
- Overnight, German aircraft dropped magnetic mines in River Thames in southern England, United Kingdom, but at least one fell in nearby mud and was observed by the British. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | CPC]
- HMS Cumberland on passage to Plate estuary. ww2dbase [Cumberland | DS]
- The 1,006-ton merchant steamer Lowland struck a mine two miles east-north-east from the NE Gunfleet Buoy in the Thames Estuary in Britain. Nine crew members died. She belonged to the Shipping and Coal Company and was taking coal into London. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | England | HM]
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