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November 16th, 1940

UNITED KINGDOM: Coventry: The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, escorts King George VI through the ruins of the city. The Mayor remarks: “We’ve always wanted a site for a new civic centre, and now we have it.”
RAF Bomber Command: 2 Group. Five crews of 105 Squadron ( Blenheim) hit the airfields at Hingene, Evere, Duerne and Vucht. One aircraft is lost to ground fire.

ASW trawler HMS Arsenal sunk on the Clyde after colliding with destroyer ORP Burza.

Corvette HMS Pimpernel launched.

Light cruiser HMS Jamaica launched.

Minesweeping trawler HMS Arran launched.

Corvette HMS Bryony laid down.

Corvette KNS Montbretia (ex-HMS Montbretia) laid down.

Destroyer HMS Cotswold commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

The Canada Steamships merchantman Sherbrooke (2,052 GRT) was damaged when she was attacked by Luftwaffe bombers in the North Sea, off Orfordness. There is no record of casualties in this incident. (Dave Shirlaw)

ENGLISH CHANNEL: Submarine HMS Swordfish, setting out on bay of Biscay patrol, strikes an enemy mine off the Isle of Wight and sinks.

GERMANY: U-147, U-148, U-751 launched. (Dave Shirlaw)

GREECE: 3,500 British military personnel have been ferried from Alexandria to Piraeus.

AUSTRALIA: Minesweeper HMAS Gouldburn launched.

Minesweeper HMAS Townsville laid down. (Dave Shirlaw)

CANADA: Corvettes HMCS Camrose and Sorel launched Sorel, Province of Quebec. (Dave Shirlaw)

U.S.A.: Minesweeper USS Osprey commissioned. (Dave Shirlaw)

ATLANTIC OCEAN:

U-137 sank SS Planter.

U-65 sank SS Fabian in Convoy OB-234. U-65 provided two shipwrecked survivors of sunken Fabian with medical aid, food and water. (Dave Shirlaw)