Tuesday, 17 January 2012

January 17th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1914 V3 Submarine HMS V3 laid down
1916 G5 Submarine HMS G5 completed
1940 Traveller Submarine HMS Traveller laid down
1940 HMS Tribune HMS Tribune fires 6 torpedoes against an enemy submarine in the Skagerrak about 15 nautical miles east-north-east of Skagen, Denmark.
1942 HMS Umbra HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian salvage vessel Rampino north-north-east of Sousse, Tunisia. Umbra picks up the Rampino's sole survivor.
1943 United HMS United torpedoes and sinks the Italian destroyer Bombardiere about 20 nautical miles north-west of Isola Marettimo, Sicily, Italy.
1945 HMS Stygian HMS Stygian sinks the Japanese Nichinan Maru and a sailing vessel with gunfire off Perak.

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