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Aircraft carriers EAGLE and ARGUS and destroyers FORESIGHT, FORESTER, and FURY departed Gibraltar to the United Kingdom. Local escort was provided by destroyers VIDETTE and LAMERTON until 0915 and 1140 that day and ZULU and SIKH until 24 October.U.83 attacked Aircraft carriers EAGLE and ARGUS west of Gibraltar on the 21st.
21 Oct 1941. U-83 fired a spread of torpedoes at a British task force (which included the ageing aircraft carriers HMS Eagle and HMS Argus) in the Straits of Gibraltar. The boat reported a destroyer sunk, but no hits were in fact scored.
Der engl. Flugzeugträger ARGUS, der Gibraltar am 21.10. verließ, stand am 25.10. im Clydegebiet.
[...]On 20 September, while operating off St Helena, a serious hangar fire destroyed or badly damaged 13 Swordfish before the spray system doused it. The ship herself was also damaged and it was decided that she should return to the United Kingdom for repairs and a refit. Leaving Freetown after refuelling and collecting replacement aircraft, she called at Gibraltar, where two Hawker Sea Hurricanes of 804 Squadron embarked [...] On 26 October 1941, Eagle arrived in the Clyde to disembark the aircraft [...] From 30 October 1941 to 9 January 1942, EAGLE, was refitted by [...]
Zum Angriff von U 84 habe ich keine weitergehende Vermutung, ob und um welchen Träger es sich handeln konnte.
October 2nd Sailed from Gibraltar with inward Convoy HG74 as part of escort to provide air cover during passage to Liverpool 18th Detached on arrival of HG75 in Liverpool. 29th Deployed with escort of outward Convoy OG76 to provide air cover during passage from Clyde to Gibraltar
es gab auch den Verdacht, dass es die AUDACITY hätte sein können.