March 24th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

2009	Audacious	Submarine HMS Audacious laid down
1916	G12	Submarine HMS G12 launched
1938	Triad	Submarine HMS Triad laid down
1938	Truant	Submarine HMS Truant laid down
1945	Sea Scout	Submarine HMS Sea Scout launched
1916	E24	HMS E24 disappeared On the morning of 21st March 1916 E24 sailed from Harwich for mine-laying operations at Helegoland Bight. The submarine failed to return from this operation and was believed to have struck a mine. In 1973 her hull was mistakenly salvaged, inspection of the hull indicated that the submarine had indeed hit a mine.
1940	Unknown Sub	A British submarine sinks the German cargo ship Hugo Stinnes IV off the Danish Coast in the North Sea
1940	HMS Trident	Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Edmund Hugo Stinnes 4 off Jylland, Denmark.
1943	Unseen	HMS Unseen fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Saluzzo about 30 nautical miles west-south-west of Isola Marettimo, Italy. All torpedoes missed.
1944	HMS Satyr	HMS Satyr torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Nordnorge off Stadlandet, Norway.
1944	HMS Taku	HMS Taku fires 5 torpedoes against the German merchant Moshill in a German convoy about 25 nautical miles west of Namsos, Norway, but missed.
1944	HMS Terrapin	HMS Terrapin attacks a German convoy off Egersund, Norway and torpedoes and damages the German kataput ship Schwabenland and the German tanker Wörth.
1945	HMS Stygian	HMS Stygian sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire north of Bali, Netherlands East Indies.
1945	HMS Sidon	Departed Lerwick and proceeded on passage to Holy Loch
2009	HMS Audacious	Keel Laid by Secretary of State for Defence, and Barrow in Furness MP, John Hutton with the new Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland Rear Admiral Martin Alabaster representing the First Sea Lord.

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