Tuesday 27 December 2011

December 27th - On This Date



1915 E31 Submarine HMS E31 completed
1916 K10 Submarine HMS K10 launched
1940 HMS Rorqual The Italian merchant Caffaro is damaged north-west of Tripoli, Libya, when she hits a mine laid on 5 November 1940 by the British submarine HMS Rorqual.
1940 Trident HMS Trident fires five torpedoes against a darkened ship that entered Punta Delgada, Azores. All five torpedoes missed their target.
1942 HMS Safari HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eleonora Rosa with gunfire about 10 nautical miles south of Sousa, Tunisia.
1944 HMS Tudor Lt S A Porter, DSC sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the west coast of Burma.
1945 HMS Sidon Paid off into Reserve Group "S" at Portsmouth attached to the 5th Submarine Flotilla

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