Thursday, 9 February 2012

February 9th - On That Date - RN Submarine Service

1915 H10 Submarine HMS H10 laid down
1942 Unison Submarine HMS Unison completed
1943 HMS Unbending HMS Unbending sinks Italian minelayer Eritrea east of Monopoli, Italy
1945 Venturer HMS Venturer, commanded by James S Launders, torpedoed and sank the U-864 (all hands lost) in the North Sea west of Bergen, Norway. This is the only known incident in all of naval warfare in which one submarine sinks another while both are submerged
1954 HMS Sidon Taken in hand for refit at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. Completed November 1954.
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