UNITED KINGDOM: At 1515, U-1055 attacked some ships from a just dispersed coastal convoy in the Irish Sea west of Anglesey and reported two ships sunk. A first torpedo exploded behind the Yugoslavian steam merchant Senga, while other torpedoes sank the Roanoke and Normandy Coast. The Normandy Coast sank within two minutes, taking 18 crewmembers and one gunner with her. The master, five crewmembers and two gunners were picked up by patrol ship HMS PC-74 and landed at Holyhead on 12 January. (Dave Shirlaw)
GERMANY:
U.S.S.R.: Baltic Fleet: MS "T-33" (ex-"Korall") - mined close to Aegna Is., in Finland Gulf. (Sergey Anisimov)(69)
Soviet minesweeper T-76 Korall sunk by U-745 at 59.45N, 24.47E - Grid AO 3528. (Dave Shirlaw)