German armed merchant cruiser Michel sank US freighter American Leader 850 miles west of Capetown, South Africa before dawn; 11 were killed, 47 survived and were captured by Michel. German submarine U-96 attacked Allied convoy ON-127 765 miles west of Ireland at 1631 hours, sinking Belgian ship Elisabeth van Belgie (1 was killed, 55 survived), sinking Norwegian tanker Steve (all 39 aboard survived), and damaging British tanker F. J. Wolfe (all aboard survived). At 2110 hours, a wolfpack of 12 German submarines approached ON-127; U-659 disabled British tanker Empire Oil with 2 torpedoes (all 53 aboard survived).
