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Events on Saturday 14 October 1939 1
1939Sinking of HMS Royal OakA U-boat sinks a battleship inside Scapa FlowGünther Prien took U-47 into the Royal Navy's anchorage at Scapa Flow and torpedoed the battleship Royal Oak. 835 of her crew died. The attack exposed serious gaps in the base's defences.