Saturday, 26 May 2012

May 26th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1886 Arrogant Depot Ship HMS Arrogant launched
1915 H1 Submarine HMS H1 completed
1917 K10 Submarine HMS K10 completed
1916 E18 E8 sights a group of German warships 25 miles NW of Steinort, E18 just behind E8, manages to blow the bow of the large German destroyer V100, a second torpedoed missed. E18 then escaped and headed off to Memel.
1940 Dunkirk Start of the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk
1943 HMS Sportsman HMS Sportsman fires 6 torpedoes at the French tanker Marguerite Finaly off southern France. The torpedoes however miss the target.
1976 HMS Splendid Ordered from Vickers, Barrow
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