Tuesday, 18 December 2012

December 19th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1919 L55 Submarine HMS L55 completed
1941 Unruffled Submarine HMS Unruffled launched
1942 Vox Submarine HMS Vox laid down
1958 Grampus Submarine HMS Grampus completed
1917 UB-57 German submarine UB-57 was sunk in the Dover Barrage. There was just one survivor who was picked up by HMS Gypsy.
1940 HMS Tribune HMS Tribune attacks the German merchant Birkenfels in the Bay of Biscay west-south-west of Belle Ile, France. All torpedoes missed.
1943 HMS Sportsman HMS Sportsman sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Lemnos Island, Greece.

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