21 Oct 1919

United Kingdom
  • The work on carrier Eagle was paused as Chile negotiated with the United Kingdom to regain ownership of the ship still under construction, offering £1,500,000. The British Admiralty rejected the offer after calculating that it would cost £2,500,000 to convert the ship back to battleship configuration that Chile wanted to receive. ww2dbase [Eagle | CPC]
  • Roderick Carr was removed from the active list of British Roayl Air Force. ww2dbase [Roderick Carr | CPC]

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