Wednesday 11 April 2012

April 11th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1940 Spearfish HMS Spearfish torpedoes & damages German pocket battleship Lutzow N of Skaw, putting her out of action for about a year
1940 HMS Sealion HMS Sealion torpedoes and sinks the German merchant August Leonhard in the Skaggerak.
1940 HMS Triad HMS Triad torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Ionia in the Skagerrak south of the Oslofjord, Norway.
1942 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Gesu Crocifisso with gunfire north-west of Korfu.
1943 HMS Sibyl HMS Sibyl fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Fabriano about 10 nautical miles north-north-west of Punta Raisi, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes missed their target.
1943 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay claims the sinking of a sailing vessel with gunfire off Corfu, Greece.
1944 Untiring HMS Untiring sinks the German auxiliary minesweeper M 6022/Enseigne south of Cannes, southern France.
1945 HMS Statesman HMS Statesman sinks three Japanese barges with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
SAB

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