Sunday 19 May 2013

RN Submarines - May 18th


1909 C21 Submarine HMS C21 completed
1916 J5 Submarine HMS J5 completed
1916 E39 Submarine HMS E39 launched
1916 L1 Submarine HMS L1 laid down
1916 L2 Submarine HMS L2 laid down
1943 Storm Submarine HMS Storm launched
1915 E11 E11, commanded by Lt-Cmdr Martin Nasmith passed through the Dardanelles on the night of 18 May. Surfacing off the town of Gallipoli, Nasmith captured a Turkish sailing vessel and lashed it to the conning tower to act as a disguise. This ruse failed to attract any targets, so after several days he abandoned it.
1941 HMS Tetrarch HMS Tetrarch torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Giovinezza off Bengasi, Libya.
1942 HMS Turbulent HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bolsena west of Bengasi, Libya.
1945 HMS Sea Dog HMS Seadog torpedoes and sinks a Japanese coaster north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.



Source - Barrow Submarine Association

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