| 1919 | M4 | Submarine HMS M4 launched |
| 1940 | P612 | Submarine HMS P612 launched |
| 1943 | Spirit | Submarine HMS Spirit launched |
| 1943 | Vampire | Submarine HMS Vampire launched |
| 1944 | Vengeful | Submarine HMS Vengeful launched |
| 1915 | E11 | Ell moved into the Gulf of Izmir and during the night the submarine's first officer, Lt Guy D'Oyly-Hughes, swam ashore and blew up a section of the Constantinople to Baghdad railway line, a feat for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order. |
| 1918 | E34 | Lost to a mine. |
| 1940 | HMS Parthian | HMS Parthian landed an agent on Crete |
| 1941 | HMS Union | HMS Union sailed from Malta at 0100 on 14 July 1941. On 20 July 1941 she was sunk by the Italian torpedo boat Circe 25 miles SW of Pantelleria Island in the Strait of Sicily. Union was reported overdue on 22 July 1941 |
| 1943 | HMS Safari | HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian pilot vessel F 50/Silvio Onorato between Bastia and Maddalena. |
| 1944 | HMS Unswerving | HMS Unswerving fires three torpedoes at the German transport Pelikan and it's escort the German torpedo boat TA 19 off Suda Bay, Crete. The torpedoes miss. |
| 1945 | HMS Thule | HMS Thule sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the north coast of Java, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 1950 | HMS Sidon | Sidon towed the midget submarine "XE8" from Plymouth to Portsmouth. |
| 1960 | Polaris | In first launch of Polaris missile, USS George Washington successfully fires 2 operational Polaris missiles while submerged off Florida |
Thursday, 19 July 2012
July 20th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service
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