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