Thursday, 14 June 2012

June 15th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1916 G12 Submarine HMS G12 completed
1916 G9 Submarine HMS G9 launched
1933 Salmon Submarine HMS Salmon laid down
1954 Porpoise Submarine HMS Porpoise laid down
1982 Hebe Depot Ship HMS Hebe launched
1940 Rorqual HMS Rorqual makes an unsuccesful torpedo attack on an Italian submarine in the Strait of Otranto.
1941 HMS Thunderbolt HMS Thunderbolt fires torpedoes at the German submarine U-557 in the North Atlantic. The torpedoes miss.
1942 HMS Umbra HMS Umbra fires torpedoes at the Italian battleship Littorio but the torpedoes miss the target. Later HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian heavy cruiser Trento.
1943 HMS Ultor HMS Ultor sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper Tullio/No.92
1944 HMS Satyr HMS Satyr sank the German submarine U-987 in the North Sea west of Narvik.
1945 HMS Taciturn HMS Taciturn sinks a Japanese air warning picket hulk and the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Cha 105 with gunfire in the Madoera Strait to the north of Surabaya, Java, Netherlands East Indies.
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