October 18th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1906                HMS C4 launched

1917                HMS K13 completed

1943                HMS Tradewind completed

1914                HMS E3 sunk off Borkum Island by U27 - First submarine loss of WWI.

HMS E3 left Harwich on the 16th October 1914 to patrol an area off Borkum. At the same time U27 was patrolling off the mouth of the Ems. At 1025 on the morning of 18 October U27 sighted E3 on the surface and was able to approach unobserved firing her torpedoes at a range of approximately 300 yards. The resulting explosion broke E3 in half and sent her immediately to the bottom.

1941                HMS Ursula torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker Beppe some 45 nautical miles west of Lampedusa Island.

1942                HMS Una fires torpedoes against the Italian tanker Panuco north of Catania, Sicily, Italy. All torpedoes missed the target.