July 28th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1942	Unruly	Submarine HMS Unruly launched
1942	Unsparing	Submarine HMS Unsparing launched
1914	WWI	Britain declares war on Germany and Austro-Hungary after Austria declares war on Serbia, beginning the First World War. Britain's declaration automatically includes Canada, as part of the British Empire
1940	HMS Swordfish	HMS Swordfish comes across the Norwegian yacht Maski in the North Sea. The four Norwegians aboard the yacht were trying to flee to the United Kingdom. After the Norwegians were taken aboard and the Maski was sunk with gunfire.
1941	HMS Upholder	While on patrol near Marettimo island, off the western tip of Sicily HMS Upholder fired 4 torpedoes at an Italian task force, damaging the light cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi.
1941	HMS Utmost	HMS Utmost torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Frederico C. in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea of the west coast of Calabria, Italy.
1941	HMS Olympus	HMS Olympus torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Monteponi about 10 nautical miles north of Cape Comino, Sardinia, Italy.
1942	HMS Traveller	HMS Traveller attacks the Italian merchant Ezilda Croce in the Otranto Strait. The torpedoes missed.
1943	HMS Unseen	HMS Unseen sinks the Italian sailing vessel Fabiola with gunfire and scuttling charges 3 nautical miles bearing 250 of Saseno Island, Albania.
1944	HMS Upstart	HMS Upstart fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Pascoli south-east of Cape Cepet, southern France. The torpedoes miss.
1945	HMS Stubborn	HMS Stubborn sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the eastern part of the Java Sea.
1945	HMS Tudor	HMS Tudor sinks two Japanese coasters with gunfire in the Java Sea.
1978	HMS Turbulent	Ordered from Vickers, Barrow

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