Monday 5 March 2012

March 6th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1908 C28 Submarine HMS C28 laid down
1917 K8 Submarine HMS K8 completed
1917 H22 Submarine HMS H22 laid down
1942 HMS Thunderbolt HMS Thunderbolt attacks the German submarine U-431 south-west of Crete. The German submarine escapes unharmed.
1943 HMS Taurus HMS Taurus torpedoes and sinks the Spanish merchant Bartolo off Marseille, southern France.
1944 HMS XE11 XE11 was lost while exercising in Loch Striven when she collided with a boom defence vessel that was laying buoys.
1944 HMS Sea Rover HMS Sea Rover sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1945 HMS Supreme HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
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