Thursday, 4 October 2012

October 5th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service



1918                HMS R10 launched
1920                HMS L21 completed
1938                HMS Unity completed
1937                HMS Tarpon laid down
1940                HMS Tigris attacks a submarine with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. This might have been the Italian submarine Otario.
1940                HMS Regent rams and sinks the already grounded Italian sailing vessel Maria Grazia off Bari, Italy.
1942                HMS Safari torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Eneo south of Sebenik, Yugoslavia. ship is later salvaged but delared a total loss.
1943                HMS Unruffled torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Pommern off Bastia.
1944                HMS Untiring sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire and also fires 4 torpedoes against the German merchant Burgas off the Kassandra peninsula, Greece. All torpedoes miss.
1979                HMS Splendid launched
1985                Submarine HMS Tireless completed

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