Tuesday, 1 May 2012

May 2nd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1939 Triumph Submarine HMS Triumph completed
1943 Untamed Submarine HMS Untamed completed
1943 Vox Submarine HMS Vox completed
1946 Affray Submarine HMS Affray completed
1940 Trident HMS Trident attacks and damages the German merchant Clare Hugo Stinnes with torpedoes and gunfire off the Bjarn fjord, Norway
1943 HMS Uredd Uredd embarks on what is to be her last patrol
1943 HMS Safari HMS Safari sinks the Italian Sogliola with gunfire off Asinara Island, Italy.
1944 HMS Ultimatum HMS Ultimatum shells the harour of Kalamata, Greece. Two sailing vessels were sunk, five were destroyed on the slips and one was damaged.
1973 HMS Swiftsure Left Barrow Shipyard
1976 HMS Warspite Warspite suffered a serious fire whilst in Liverpool caused by a broken coupling spraying oil. Repairs and refitting took two years.
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