Prime minister Risto Ryti elected as new president. HMS Hood is sunk by Bismarck . Bismarck is sunk by the Royal Navy. During discussons in Berlin the German naval command informs Finnish delegation about German naval plans and asks for places for anchorage and support in Finnish waters. All submarines moved to Gulf of Finland, east from Hanko.
Submarines take in war ammunition.
For public this is explained as just a naval visit. Britain cuts off the only remaining Finnish ocean route by the port of Petsamo in Polar Sea. Finnish submarines Vetehinen , Vesihiisi and Iku-Turso lay mines in Estonian coastal water ways. Soviet planes attack Navy ships sailing to Ahvenanmaa at 6.03 and navy anchorage in Sottunga at 6.05. XIX Mountain Army moves from Norway to Finland and occupies Petsamo area.