This page is our compilation of data from several different databases. All data shown here is dynamic and as accuare as our data is right now. Information is still being added daily to this section (already over 75% of the launched and commissioned data is in place) so this should be fairly complete.
Quick links: War losses - General events
The Shipyard Report
Laid down (17)
1911: 
Fleet tug Sonoma (AT 12)
1919:
Submarine S-26 (131)
1941: 
Escort Carrier Nairana (D 05) -
Submarine chaser SC-673 (SC-673)
1942:
Destroyer Zodiac (R 54) -
Destroyer Escort Flaherty (DE 135) -
Patrol craft PC-1213 (PC-1213) -
Motor torpedo boat PT 185 -
Submarine chaser SC-1340 (SC-1340) -
Submarine chaser SC-1362 (SC-1362) -
Submarine chaser SC-988 (SC-988) -
Net tender Silverbell (AN 51)
1943:
Destroyer Escort Leslie L.B. Knox (DE 580) -
Tank landing ship LST 59 (LST 59)
1944:
Tank landing ship LST 968 (LST 968) -
Fleet tug Luiseno (ATF 156) -
Submarine Sea Leopard (483)
Launched (16)
1917: 
Torpedo boat Giaconto Carini
1918: Destroyer Bernadou (DD 153)
1923: 
Large destroyer Jaguar
1931: Heavy cruiser Indianapolis (CA 35)
1935: Destroyer Gipsy (H 63)
1936: 
Submarine L-12
1940: 
Corvette Saskatoon (K 158) - Submarine Gar (206) - Motor torpedo boat PT 14
1941: Minesweeper YMS-35 (YMS-35)
1942: Tank landing ship LST 478 (LST 478) - Motor torpedo boat PT 158 - Minesweeper Revenge (AM 110)
1943: Submarine Lionfish (298) - Submarine Manta (299)
1944: Minesweeper Risk (AM 291)
Commissioned (21)
1919: Destroyer Volunteer (D 71) - Destroyer Hamilton (DMS 18)
1939: Armed Merchant Cruiser Antenor (F 21) - MS Trawler Wastwater (FY 239)
1940: Minesweeper Bangor (J 00) - Submarine M-31 - Submarine M-32
1941: Rescue Tug Jaunty (W 30) - Submarine M-116 - Destroyer Razumniy
1942: Fleet tug Pawnee (AT 74) - Submarine chaser SC-710 (SC-710)
1943: Destroyer Escort Lovelace (DE 198) - Escort carrier Wake Island (CVE 65)
1944: Frigate Loch Eck (K 422) - Submarine Hackleback (295) - Tank landing ship LST 817 (LST 817) - Tank landing ship LST 887 (LST 887) - Tank landing ship LST 953 (LST 953) - Tank landing ship LST 953 (LST 953) - Destroyer Escort Presley (DE 371)
Legend:
Laid down means that the ship's construction was officially started by laying down the keel (often just a single steel beam but could also mean the first of many pre-fabricated sections).
Launched means that the ship was launched from its shipyard, it then began its fitting out period (installation of smaller systems, weapons etc.) - in many yards the ships were launched very complete and needed little work afterwards.
Commissioned is when the navy takes the ship officially over and gives command of it to its new captain.
War Losses on 7 November (5)
1940: Submarine Poncelet - Submarine Swordfish (N 61) - MS Trawler William Wesney
1944: Tank landing ship LST 420 (LST 420) - Submarine Albacore (218)
More information on Allied Warships losses.
General Events on 7 November
1940
Heavy cruiser HMS Berwick: HMS Berwick (Capt. G.L. Warren, RN) refueled at Gibraltar then left for Alexandria in company of battleship HMS Barham (Capt G.C. Cooke, RN), light cruiser HMS Glasgow (Capt. H. Hickling, RN) and the destroyers HMS Encounter (Lt.Cdr. E.V.St J. Morgan, RN), HMS Gallant (Lt.Cdr. C.P.F. Brown, RN), HMS Greyhound (Cdr. W.R. Marshall A'Deane, DSC, RN) and HMS Griffin (Lt.Cdr J. Lee-Barber, DSO, RN).
1941
Submarine HMS Trident: HMS Trident (Cdr. G.M. Sladen, DSC, RN) fires three torpedoes against the German minesweeper depot ship MRS 3 / Bali north of the Laksefjorden in position 71º06'N, 26º57'E. The torpedoes missed their target.
Submarine USSR Kalev: The German merchant Frauenburg (2111 GRT) sinks off Ventspils, Latvia in position 57º26'N, 21º20'E after hitting a mine. It is possible this mine was laid on 12 August 1941 by Kalev.
1942
Submarine USS Gar: USS Gar (Lt.Cdr. D. McGregor) ended her 4th war patrol at Fremantle.
Submarine HMS Unruffled: HMS Unruffled (Lt. J.S. Stevens, DSC, RN) torpedoes and damages the Italian light cruiser Attilio Regolo off Cape San Vito, Sicily in position 38º14'N 12º41'E. The cruiser lost it's bow nearly up to it's bridge. Lt. Stevens could not finish off the ship since he ran out of torpedoes. The damaged cruiser was towed to port by the tug Polifemo escorted by the torpedo boats Cigno, Lince and Abba. Another attack by the British submarine HMS United failed.
Corvette USS Surprise: USS Surprise picks up 6 survivors from the British merchant Lindenhall that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-508 about 40 nautical miles north of Margarita Island, Venezuela in position 11º34'N, 63º26'W.
Submarine USSR L-22: While on patrol of the Syltefjord, L-22 fires 4 torpedoes at what is identified as an enemy auxiliary minesweeper. All torpedoes missed their target.
1943
Submarine USS Tuna: USS Tuna (Lt.Cdr. J.T. Hardin) departs Fremantle for her 9th war patrol.
Submarine USS Spearfish: USS Spearfish (Lt.Cdr. J.W. Williams, Jr) leaves Pearl Harbour for her 9th war patrol. She is ordered to perform photographic reconnaissance of Jaluit, Wotje, and Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands.
Submarine USS Seal: USS Seal (Lt.Cdr. H.B. Dodge) left Pearl Harbour for her 9th war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off Kwajalein.
Submarine USS Growler: USS Growler (Lt.Cdr. A.F. Schade) ended her 7th war patrol at Pearl Harbour. She was sent to the Hunters Point Navy Yard for overhaul.
Destroyer HMS Pathfinder: HMS Pathfinder (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Malins, RN) and HMS Penn (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Swain, DSO, RN) sink the German submarine trap GA 45 with gunfire off Amorgos, Greece.
Destroyer HMS Penn: HMS Pathfinder (Lt.Cdr. C.W. Malins, RN) and HMS Penn (Lt.Cdr. J.H. Swain, DSO, RN) sink the German submarine trap GA 45 with gunfire off Amorgos, Greece.
1944
Destroyer USS John W. Weeks: USS John W. Weeks (Cdr. R.A. Theobald. Jr.) arrives back at New York.
Submarine USS Greenling: USS Greenling (Lt.Cdr. J.D. Gerwick) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Kiri Maru No.8 (945 GRT) and the Japanese tanker Kota Maru (971 GRT) south of Honshu in position 34º34'N, 138º35'E.
Submarine USS Mingo: USS Mingo (Lt.Cdr. J.R. Madison) departs Fremantle for her 6th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the South China Sea.
Submarine USS Billfish: While on patrol in the East China Sea, USS Billfish (Lt.Cdr. V.C. Turner) attacks a convoy on radar, firing 7 torpedoes and claiming two hits for damage on a 4000-ton freighter, one more hit on a second 4000-tonner and another on a thrid 4000-ton ship. None of these is unconfirmed.
Submarine HMS Tantalus: HMS Tantalus (Lt.Cdr. H.S. Mackenzie, DSO and Bar, RN) is in position for air/sea rescue duties as ordered. After these she again proceeds to the North to patrol in the Pulo Tenggol area.
(all times are zone -8)
0800 hours - Patrolled as ordered the previous day
1200 hours - Proceeded to the Northward and after dark to the North-West, to continue patrol of the East coast of Malaya
Frigate HMS Bligh: The accidental firing of an Anti-Aircraft gun in Liverpool docks leaded to death and injury on the troopship Capetown Castle moored opposite. HMS Bligh then escorted convoy KMF-36 which sailed soon afterwards to Port Said.