July 22nd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1927	Oxley	Submarine HMS Oxley completed
1935	Sunfish	Submarine HMS Sunfish laid down
1947	Ambush	Submarine HMS Ambush completed
1940	HMS Narwhal	HMS Narwhal left the Humber on 22 July for a minelaying mission off Norway, she fails to return On the afternoon of 23rd July she should have passed through (German) grid square 4856, where an aircraft reported attacking a submarine. This was believed to be Porpoise by the Germans but as Narwhal did not report again, it was assumed this attack sank her.
1940	HMS Clyde	West of Bergen, Norway HMS Clyde fires 6 torpedoes at what is thought to be and enemy submarine. Luckily the torpedoes miss as they we aimed against HMS Truant.
1941	HMS Tetrarch	HMS Tetrarch claims to have damaged a sailing vessel with gunfire in the Aegean off Karlovassi.
1943	HMS Safari	HMS Safari torpedoes and sinks the Italian minelayer Durazzo east of Corsica, France.
1944	HMS Vivid	HMS Vivid torpedoes and sinks the German guardboat GA 71/Pétrel VI north of Suda Bay, Crete, Greece.
2003	HMCS Victoria	HMCS Victoria transits Panama Canal to become first Canadian Pacific Fleet submarine since 1974.

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