Monday, 17 December 2012

November 27th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1906 C12 Submarine HMS C12 laid down
1909 C20 Submarine HMS C20 launched
1914 E19 Submarine HMS E19 laid down
1940 Uproar Submarine HMS Uproar launched
1941 Tetrarch HMS Tetrarch left Malta on 26th October 1941 bound for Gibraltar. The route she was to take meant her passing through a known minefield. On Monday 27th she communicated with P34 who was in the same area. This was the last contact with the submarine. It is believed that she struck a mine on 27th.
1942 HMS Una HMS Una attacked the German merchant Menes with two torpedoes north of the Gulf of Tunis but missed.
1943 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Palma off Karlovasi, Samos, Greece.
1944 HMS Supreme HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the Andaman Islands.

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