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THU 13 NOV 1941War day 805Mediterranean & North Africa
Ark Royal had survived repeated German claims that she was sunk. On 13 November 1941, U-81 made one of them true—though not until the next morning.
HMS Ark Royal had earned a reputation as a lucky ship. She had served off Norway and with the Malta convoys, and her Swordfish aircraft had helped cripple the German battleship Bismarck. German propaganda had repeatedly claimed the carrier sunk; each time, the claim had been premature. In November 1941, Ark Royal was returning to Gibraltar after delivering fighter aircraft to Malta when a German submarine attacked.
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