December 1st - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1914	E14	Submarine HMS E14 completed
1913	F1	Submarine HMS F1 laid down
1914	E29	Submarine HMS E29 laid down
1914	E30	Submarine HMS E30 laid down
1914	E31	Submarine HMS E31 laid down
1914	E37	Submarine HMS E37 laid down
1914	E23	Submarine HMS E23 laid down
1914	E42	Submarine HMS E42 laid down
1914	G6	Submarine HMS G6 laid down
1914	E55	Submarine HMS E55 laid down
1914	E39	Submarine HMS E39 laid down
1914	E38	Submarine HMS E38 laid down
1914	E56	Submarine HMS E56 laid down
1914	E40	Submarine HMS E40 laid down
1914	G14	Submarine HMS G14 laid down
1917	R11	Submarine HMS R11 laid down
1917	R12	Submarine HMS R12 laid down
1918	R2	Submarine HMS R2 completed
1917	R9	Submarine HMS R9 laid down
1916	M4	Submarine HMS M4 laid down
1930	Swordfish	Submarine HMS Swordfish laid down
1942	Sickle	Submarine HMS Sickle completed
1944	Vortex	Submarine HMS Vortex completed
1982	Turbulent	Submarine HMS Turbulent launched
1588	The Chatham Chest	The first attempt to organize welfare provision for Royal Navy seamen was established - the Chatham Chest. Contributions were deducted from sailors pay and placed in the chest, which had five different locks, the keys being held by five officers, in a (not very successful) attempt to avoid corruption, with sums disbursed to seamen in distressed circumstances
1916	HMS E37	Lost for reasons unknown.
1941	Regent	HMS Regent torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Enrico about 10 nautical miles south-east of Marettimo island, Italy.
1942	HMS Ursula	HMS Ursula sinks the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser V 135/Togo with scuttling charges some 15 miles south of Cape Mele, Corsica, France.
1944	HMS Sturdy	HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait.
1944	HMS Supreme	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Andaman Islands.