Friday 22 June 2012

June 22nd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1908 A13 Submarine HMS A13 completed
1917 L18 Submarine HMS L18 laid down
1915 HMS D4 D4 sank the German minelayer Bielefeld
1940 HMS Tribune HMS Tribune makes a torpedo attack on an enemy merchant off Standlandet, Norway. All torpedoes missed.
1941 HMS Union HMS Union torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Pietro Querini about 30 nautical miles west-south-west of Lampedusa Island
1941 Severn HMS Severn fires torpedoes at an enemy submarine in the Gulf of Naples.
1944 Universal HMS Universal torpedoes and sinks the German merchants President Dal Piaz and Canosa off Cassis, southern France.
1945 HMS Thrasher HMS Thrasher sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
1945 Vivid HMS Vivid sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1967 HMCS Onondaga HMCS Onondaga commissioned
1968 HMCS Okanagan HMCS Okanagan commissioned
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