Tuesday, 12 June 2012

June 12th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1915 E20 Submarine HMS E20 launched
1933 Shark Submarine HMS Shark laid down
1941 Unshaken Submarine HMS Unshaken laid down
1944 Tiptoe Submarine HMS Tiptoe completed
1943 Tarn Submarine HMS Tarn laid down
1959 Dreadnought Submarine HMS Dreadnought laid down
1940 Narwhal HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 19 (50 mines) off Haugesund, Norway.
1941 HMS Taku HMS Taku torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Silvio Scaroniin the Gulf of Syrte 70 nautical miles off Benghazi, Libya.
1941 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Gesu E Maria with gunfire off Skyros, Greece.
1944 HMS Sickle Sickle signalled that she had spotted a convoy in the approach to Steno Pass. The convoy suspected the presence of a submarine and dropped two depth charges and, although it seems unlikely that this attack accounted for the loss of the submarine, no further contact was made with her.
1944 HMS Stoic HMS Stoic torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport ship Kainan Maru off Phuket, Siam.
2006 HMS Onyx Onyx arrives at Barrow where she will eventually become the main attraction at a new Submarine Heritage Centre
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