Sunday, 25 March 2012

March 25th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1916 E55 Submarine HMS E55 completed
1942 Tally-Ho Submarine HMS Tally-Ho laid down
1944 Trump Submarine HMS Trump launched
1947 Acheron Submarine HMS Acheron launched
1919 HMS J1 Transferred to Australia
1919 HMS J2 Transferred to Australia
1919 HMS J3 Transferred to Australia
1919 HMS J4 Transferred to Australia
1919 HMS J5 Transferred to Australia
1941 HMS Rorqual HMS Rorqual laid a minefield off Capo Gallo, Sicily, Italy. The next day two ships from a convoy ran into this minefield and sank. Two days later Italian torpedo boat Generale Antonio Chinotto also sank in this minefield
1945 Rorqual HMS Rorqual sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
1965 HMCS Okanagan HMCS Okanagan laid down Chatham UK
1999 HMS Splendid In an operational first, the Royal Navy nuclear attack submarine HMS Splendid launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM) against an air defense radar site in Yugoslavia during NATO operation Allied Force Wednesday night.
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