February 27th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1908	C25	Submarine HMS C25 laid down
1914	V4	Submarine HMS V4 laid down
1929	Osiris	Submarine HMS Osiris completed
1933	Sturgeon	Submarine HMS Sturgeon completed
1945	Vagabond	Submarine HMS Vagabond completed
1942	HMS Torbay	HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Lido about 15 nautical miles south of Antipaxe, Korfu, Greece.
1942	HMS Upholder	HMS Upholder torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Tembien about 25 nautical miles north of Tripoli, Libya.
1943	HMS Tigris	HMS Tigris sailed from Malta on 18th February for a patrol south of Naples. HMS Tigris was last sighted at 0730 on the 24th February, 39 miles from Capri. On the morning of the 27th UJ2210, escorting a convoy six miles south east of Capri made contact with a submarine and carried out three depth charge attacks, the third attack brought oil to the surface and the contact was noted to be stationary. A forth attack of fifteen depth charges brought a huge bubble of air to the surface. On 6th March Tigris was ordered to Algiers but there was no reply to this signal and Tigris failed to return to harbour.
1944	HMS Universal	HMS Universal torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker (in German control) Cesteriano off Cape Camarat, southern France.
1945	HMS Sea Dog	HMS Sea Dog rescued four US airmen from a raft in the Bay of Bengal
1948	HMS Sidon	Taken in hand for refit at Portsmouth.

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