Sunday, 9 September 2012

September 10th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service



1919                Submarine HMS H34 completed
1941                Submarine HMS Stubborn laid down
1939                HMS Oxley sunk off Obrestad, Norwegian coast, south of Stavanger (58-30'N, 5-30'E) - torpedoed in error by HMS Triton.
Submarines Oxley and Triton were patrolling off Norway and had been in regular contact when Triton spotted an unidentified submarine off the coast of Norway. Believing it might be Oxley a number of signals of recognition were flashed by Triton. No reply was forthcoming and after several challenges Triton fired two torpedoes that struck the submarine and sent her to the seabed. Triton closed in on the area and found three survivors. A Board of Enquiry found that Oxley was some way out of position and that Triton had acted correctly and was not culpable for the sinking
1940                HMS Triton had the misfortune to torpedo accidentally HMS Oxley off Norway on 10 September 1940
1941                HMS Thunderbolt sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V 224/Svan I with gunfire in the Gulf of Syrte off Marsa el Auegia.
1941                HMS Torbay torpedoes and damages the German merchant Norburg inside Iraklion harbour, Crete.
1942                HMS Una fires torpedoes against the Italian merchant Brioni about 10 nautical miles west of Palaiokha, Crete, Greece but missed.
1943                HMS Seraph claims the sinking of four small craft with gunfire east of Corsica.
1943                HMS Rorqual lays another 15 mines in the Skiathos Channel.
1952                There was a fatal runaccident on the Aurochs while docked in County Cork
1984                HMS Talent ordered from Vickers, Barrow

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