Sunday, 30 September 2012

September 30th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service



1916                HMS E39 completed
1936                HMS Sunfish launched
1941                HMS Taurus laid down
1943                HMS Strongbow launched
1943                HMS Sturdy launched
1939                HMS H-34 fires two torpedoes at the German submarine U-3 15 nautical miles north of Kinnaird Head. The torpedoes miss.
1941                Trident fires three torpedoes against the German hospital ship Birka in the Breidsundet about 4 nautical miles north-west of Havaysund, Norway. All three missed.
1941                Overnight, HMS URGE took part in an operation to deliver a package to an agent on a beach in the Gulf of Gioia. It turned out that the agent was a double agent and the officer who was paddling ashore to deliver the package was killed by gunfire from the shore.
1943                HMS Sibyl torpedoes and sinks the German auxiliary minesweeper M 7022/Hummer about 12 nautical miles north-east of Bastia, Corsica, France.
1954                The worlds first nuclear reactor powered vessel USS Nautilus is commissioned.
2011                HMS Ambush - Initial dive test completed in Devonshire Dock

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