Thursday 26 April 2012

April 27th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1911 E3 Submarine HMS E3 laid down
1918 H25 Submarine HMS H25 launched
1943 Urtica Submarine HMS Urtica laid down
1945 Teredo Submarine HMS Teredo launched
1915 HMS E14 In spite of great navigational difficulties succeeded in sinking two Turkish gunboats and one large military transport for which a VC was awarded.
1942 Urge On 27th April 1942 HMS Urge left Malta on passage to Alexandria, where she was due to arrive on the 6th. The submarine failed to arrive. It is possible that Urge struck a mine outside Malta or that she was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Pegaso in the eastern Mediterranean.
1944 HMS Untiring HMS Untiring (Lt. Boyd) sinks the German UJ 6075/Clairvoyant
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