Thursday, 2 May 2013

RN Submarines - May 1st

1916 W2 Submarine HMS W2 completed
1916 E54 Submarine HMS E54 completed
1916 G8 Submarine HMS G8 launched
1917 E40 Submarine HMS E40 completed
1917 L55 Submarine HMS L55 laid down
1919 H42 Submarine HMS H42 completed
1929 Oswald Submarine HMS Oswald completed
1935 Rorqual Submarine HMS Rorqual laid down
1940 Narwhal HMS Narwhal torpedoes and sinks the German troop transport Buenos Aires and torpedoes and damages the German troop transport Bahia Castillo in the Kattegat about 20 nautical miles north of Anholt, Denmark.
1940 Narwhal HMS Narwhal lays minefield FD 6 (50 mines) in the Kattegat.
1941 HMS Graph Commissioned as German U-570, later captured by the British
1941 HMS Upholder HMS Upholder torpedoes and sinks the German merchants Arcturus and Leverkusen off Kerkennah, Tunisia.
1944 Untiring HMS Untiring torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Siena off Port Vendres, southern France.
1945 HMS Statesman HMS Statesman sinks a small Japanese vessel in the Strait of Malacca.
 Barrow Submarine Association

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