17 January - Enid (Captain Wibe) of neutral Norway sailing from Steinkjer to Dublin, 10 miles north of Shetland, goes to assist SS Polzella which had been torpedoed by U-25. U25 then shells and sinks Enid.
3 March - Cato (Capt. Richard Martin), British, from Dublin to Bristol, strikes a mine 2.5 miles west of Nash Point: 13 die, 2 survive.
9 March - Trawler Leukos sunk by gunfire from U-38, north west of Tory Island - 11 dead.[1] (She may have moved between the surfacing U-boat and English trawlers, in the hope that the tricolour would protect her while the English escaped).
10 March - City of Bremen rescues 33 crew of Amor (Dutch) in the North Sea.
24 May - First secret meeting to formulate 'Plan W', joint action in the event of a German invasion of Ireland, is held between Irish officials and British military in London.
27 May - Uruguay of neutral Argentina sailing from Rosario to Limerick with 6,000 tons of maize, sinks with scuttling charges by U-37 160 miles from Cape Villano: 15 die, 13 survive.
10 June - Violando N Goulandris of then-neutral Greece sailing from Santa Fe to Waterford with a cargo of wheat is torpedoed by U-48 off Cape Finisterre: 6 die, 22 survive.
12 June - U-38 lands a German spy, Karl Simon, in Dingle. He is promptly arrested and interned for the duration.
7 November - Éamon de Valera, speaking in response to Winston Churchill's statement, says that there can be no question of handing over Irish ports for use by British forces while they retain control of Northern Ireland.
11 November - Ardmore (Capt. T. Ford) strikes a mine off the Saltee Islands - 24 die.
^ abcdefghijForde, Frank (2000). "Appendix 3: Beligerent Action against Irish Ships". The Long Watch: World War Two and the Irish Mercantile Marine (rev ed.). Dublin: New Island. ISBN1-902602-42-0.
^ abCox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN0-19-860634-6.
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