Wednesday 4 January 2012

January 4th - On This Date

1913 E4 Submarine HMS E4 completed
1915 HMS C31 C31 sailed from Dover to patrol off Zeebrugge. The submarine was due to arrive at Harwich on 7th January, which she failed to do. No further contact was made and a search conducted by the Destroyers Lercher and Firedrake and the Royal Navy Air Service failed to locate the submarine or any survivors.
1942 HMS Thunderbolt HMS Thunderbolt sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper R 195/Nuovo San Pietro with gunfire west off Keffalonia Island, Greece.
1942 Upholder HMS Upholder torpedoed and damaged the Italian steamer Sirio 4 nautical miles north-west of Cefalú, Sicily.
1945 HMS Rorqual HMS Rorqual lays 10 mines (minefield ML 023) off Phuket, Siam. These mines were laid from the torpedo tubes.

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