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