November 6th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1944	XE8	Submarine HMS XE8 completed
1902	A3	Submarine HMS A3 laid down
1902	A2	Submarine HMS A2 laid down
1902	A4	Submarine HMS A4 laid down
1915	J1	Submarine HMS J1 launched
1915	J2	Submarine HMS J2 launched
1939	Upright	Submarine HMS Upright laid down
1939	Usk	Submarine HMS Usk laid down
1941	Token	Submarine HMS Token laid down
1915	E20	On 30th October 1915 the French submarine Turquoise ran aground near Nagara Point, in the Dardanelles. With the submarine directly under the Turkish shore batteries the French crew hastily abandoned ship. Unfortunately for E20, who was due to rendezvous with the Turquoise, the French Captain had failed to destroy his confidential papers. The Germans now knew of the rendezvous and dispatched U14 to intercept the unsuspecting E20 U14 first sighted E20 at 1600 and at 1700 at a range of 550 yards she fired a single torpedo scoring a direct hit.
1939	HMS Sealion	HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against the German submarine U-21 off the Dogger Bank. All torpedoes fired missed their target
1943	HMS Seraph	HMS Seraph sinks the Greek sailing vessel Narkyssos with gunfire off Karpathos, Greece.