Monday, 17 December 2012

November 24th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1905 C3 Submarine HMS C3 laid down
1905 C4 Submarine HMS C4 laid down
1914 E20 Submarine HMS E20 laid down
1914 E22 Submarine HMS E22 laid down
1915 V4 Submarine HMS V4 launched
1915 W4 Submarine HMS W4 launched
1919 H43 Submarine HMS H43 completed
1914 HMS D2 D2 put to sea on the 24th, under the command of Lieutenant Commander C Head. The submarine failed to return. It is believed that she was sunk on, or around, the 25th of November, following an encounter with a German Torpedo Boat.
1940 HMS Talisman HMS Talisman captures the French fishing vessel Le Clipper in the Bay of Biscay near Lorient.
1941 HMS Thunderbolt HMS Thunderbolt sinks the German sailing vessel L VII with gunfire off Kythera, Greece.
1941 HMS Thrasher HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Attilio Deffenu about 20 nautical miles east of Brindisi, Puglia, Italy.
1942 Unshaken CO Lt C E Oxborrow, Yeoman of Signals and AB are lost off the bridge in heavy seas off Gibraltar.
1943 HMS Sickle HMS Sickle sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire near Milos island, Greece.
1944 HMS Sturdy HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese vessel with gunfire south-east of Borneo.

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