Sunday, 4 November 2012

November 4th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1941 P511 Submarine HMS P511 completed
1941 Unbroken Submarine HMS Unbroken launched
1944 Volatile Submarine HMS Volatile completed
1960 Odin Submarine HMS Odin launched
1940 HMS Tetrarch HMS Tetrarch torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Snia Amba off Benghazi, Libya.
1941 HMS P511 USS R-3 was transferred to the Royal Navy at New London. She joined 7th Flotilla at Holy Loch for anti-submarine warfare training in January 1942.
1942 X3 Sank while on exercise in Loch Striven due to a leaking engine valve. All crew escaped by using Davis Submerged Escape Apparatus.
1944 HMS Terrapin HMS Terrapin torpedoes and sinks the Japanese minesweeper W5 in Malacca Strait.

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