German Submarine Sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, With the Loss Of, 810 Lives.

October 14, 1939

German submarine sank HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow, Orkney, with the loss of, 810 lives.

Ireland

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City of Glasgow Fighter Squadron (No, 602) shoots down the first enemy aircraft over Britain after an attack on the River Forth.