An item reported that in the morning of 3 December the British destroyer HMS Vega attacked a German submarine south of the Needless which tried to pass the Dover barrage. Early on 4 December was 4 miles north west of Cape Grisnez a heavy explosion heard probably dealing with the same submarine although without definitive proof like wreckage. Early on 7 December sighted Dutch fishermen 4 miles off Texel, Netherlands a damaged German submarine escorted by 2 destroyers. A plane sent to check this sighted nothing.
Note
1. Pennant L41. Part of Admiralty V-class destroyers preceded by S- and Parker-classes succeeded by Thornycroft type destroyer leaders Ambuscade and Amazon, ordered on 30 June 1916, laid down by William Doxford&Sons, Sunderland on 11 December 1916, launched on 1 September 1917, completed on 12 December 1917, commissioned on 14 December 1917, decommissioned in 1921, converted in to an anti-aircraft escort in 1939, recommissioned in November 1939, decommissioned in 1945 and sold to be broken up on 4 March 1947.
Source
The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-1 Weekly Résumé (No. 14) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon 30 November to 12 noon 7 December 1939.
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