21.November
1939
9 He59 floating
planes of 3./906 drop air mines in the Thames Estuary. 5 cannot find the target
and return.
The british cruiser „Belfast“ is sunk
by a mine layed by U21 in the Firth of Forth.
Battleships „Scharnhorst“
and „Gneisenau“ under the command of Vizeadmiral Marschall set sail into
the North Atlantic.
The british
destroyer „Gypsy“ sinks after hitting a mine.
SS „Geraldus“
(2,494BRT) steamer, Tyne to Bruges was sunk by a mine off the „Sunk
Lightvessel“.
The german Vp-boat V701 sinks by mine
in the Belt/Sund.