Sunday, 19 February 2012

February 19th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1902 A1 Submarine HMS A1 laid down
1908 C13 Submarine HMS C13 completed
1916 F3 Submarine HMS F3 launched
1919 H44 Submarine HMS H44 launched
1919 L24 Submarine HMS L24 launched
1937 Unity Submarine HMS Unity laid down
1937 Ursula Submarine HMS Ursula laid down
1937 Undine Submarine HMS Undine laid down
1974 Sceptre Submarine HMS Sceptre laid down
1940 HMS Sunfish HMS Sunfish fired four torpedoes at the German submarine U-14 about 30 nautical miles north-west of Helgoland, Germany. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
1941 HMS Tigris HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Jacobsen off Bayonne and the French merchant Guilvinec about 90 nautical miles south-west of the mouth of the Gironde estuary.
1942 HMS Truant HMS Truant fires 6 torpedoes against the Japanese light cruiser Nagara north of Bali, Netherlands East Indies. All torpedoes missed.
1943 HMS Saracen HMS Saracen damages two sailing vessels with gunfire at Cervo, Liguria, Italy.
1944 Unsparing HMS Unsparing torpedoes and damages the German merchant Peter in the Aegean north of Skiathos Island.
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