Wednesday, 4 April 2012

April 5th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1943 Viking Submarine HMS Viking launched
1943 Thor Submarine HMS Thor laid down
1944 Saga Submarine HMS Saga laid down
1946 Teredo Submarine HMS Teredo completed
1917 HMS C7 C7 torpedoed and sank UC-68 off Schowen, Holland.
1918 HMS C-35 C35 was scuttled as part of the Baltic Flotilla in Helsingfors Bay
1918 HMS C27 C27 was scuttled in the Baltic (Helsingfors Bay) to avoid capture
1942 HMS Una HMS Una torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Ninetto G. about 12 nautical miles south of Capo dell'Armi.
1944 HMS Ultimatum HMS Ultimatum sinks a German sailing vessel with gunfire off Suda Bay, Crete, Greece.
1945 HMS Statesman HMS Statesman sinks seven small Japanese landing craft with gunfire and demolition charges in the Strait of Malacca.
1982 Falklands War The first ships of the Royal Navy task force sailed for the South Atlantic, only three days after the Argentine invasion of the Falklands
SAB

No comments:

Post a Comment