June 6th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1915	E18	Submarine HMS E18 completed
1940	Unique	Submarine HMS Unique launched
1942	Tantalus	Submarine HMS Tantalus laid down
1941	HMS Torbay	HMS Torbay damages the Vichy French tanker Alberta with gunfire of Cape Hellas.
1943	HMS Tactician	HMS Tactician sinks the Italian sailing vessel Bice with gunfire 5 nautical miles north-east off the Bari lighthouse.
1943	HMS Taurus	HMS Taurus sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire west of Mitylene, Greece.
1944	HMS Sickle	HMS Sickle sinks the German merchant Reaumur with gunfire in the Aegean between Andros and Skyros islands.
1951	HMS Sidon	Departed for Exercise SWX 6 during which Sidon touched bottom during phase 3. The exercise had started after leaving Portland and had ended just before arrival at Loch Tarbart on June 20th. Damage was confined to the net cutter immediately below No 5 and 6 torpedo tubes.

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