Sunday, 15 January 2012

January 15th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1955 Rorqual Submarine HMS Rorqual laid down
1941 Regent HMS Regent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Città di Messina about 45 nautical miles east of Tripoli, Libya.
1943 HMS Splendid HMS Splendid torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Emma about 15 nautical miles south-west of Isola di Capri, Italy.
1944 HMS Tally Ho HMS Tally Ho, on her third patrol and cruising the waters around the Andaman Islands, fires six torpedoes at what is believed to be a motor vessel. One torpedo hits & sinks Ryuko Maru south of Port Blair
1944 HMS Unruly HMS Unruly sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Giorgios with gunfire north of Syros Island, Greece.
1944 HMS Unsparing HMS Unsparing sinks two Greek sailing vessels with gunfire off Lemnos Island, Greece

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