Sunday, 16 September 2012

September 16th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service



1916                Submarine HMS E36 launched
1939                Submarine HMS Triad completed
1940                HMS H 49 fired 4 torpedoes at a large, 16 ship, convoy and 8 bunched ships were fired at without success.
1942                HMS Sahib sinks an Italian sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sardinia.
1943                On 11th September 1943 X9 left Loch Cairnbawn under tow from HMS Syrtis to take part in the attack on the Scharnhorst. During the passage the Syrtis remained on the surface, whilst the x-craft, manned by a passage crew, remained dived. The midget submarine was due to surface at regular intervals to ventilate. On the 16th Syrtis made the signal for the x-craft to surface. There was no reply. At this point the tow was hauled in and was found to have parted and despite an extensive search, no sign of X9 was ever found.
1944                HMS Tradewind sinks two small Japanese vessels with scuttling charges off the Sunda Strait.
1944                HMS Trenchant           HMS Trenchant lays mines in the the Straits of Malacca.
1958                HMS Ausonia commissioned at Devomport to relieve HMS Ranpura after 12 months in reserve

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