July 24th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1915	E21	Submarine HMS E21 launched
1929	Rainbow	Submarine HMS Rainbow laid down
1929	Rover	Submarine HMS Rover laid down
1941	HMS Upholder	HMS Upholder torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Dandolo 2.5 nautical miles north-west of Barone, eastern Sicily.
1941	HMS Upright	HMS Upright fires two torpedoes at the Italian floating drydock GO 22 off Cape dell'Armi. The torpedoes miss and Upright is heavily depth charged by the escorts.
1941	Urge	In position 38`15'N 13`24'E a 2,500 ton Tanker was missed.
1942	HMS Unbeaten	HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vettor Pisani off Argostoli, Greece.
1943	HMS Unrivalled	HMS Unrivalled sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper R 172/Impero with gunfire off Amantea, Italy.
1945	HMS Sidon	Sidon was diverted to search for the crew of an American Liberator which had come down off Siagon, in conjunction with USS Submarine Hammerhead and US aircraft. After 4 days of searching she recovered 2nd Lt Stanley Reed USAAF. He had been adrift for 5 days with little food & water. He had drifted 287 miles from the ditching position. In the words of the patrol report, "The joy on his face when he saw Sidon amply repaid all the fruitless searching and false hopes we had experienced."
1945	HMS Sea Dog	HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

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