Friday 23 December 2011

December 23rd - On This Date

1915 G2 Submarine HMS G2 launched
1941 Varangian Submarine HMS Varangian laid down
1942 Tally-Ho Submarine HMS Tally-Ho launched
1941 Untiring Submarine HMS Untiring laid down
1943 Strongbow Submarine HMS Strongbow completed
1939 HMS Pandora Sunk (details unknown)
1941 U-79 German submarine U-79 was sunk by HMS Hasty and HMS Hotspur south of Crete.
1941 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay torpedoes and further damages the Italian destroyer Aviere at Navarino harbour. The Aviere was already grounded.
1942 HMS Seraph HMS Seraph tries to ram the Italian submarine Alagi about 40 nautical miles north-east of Bone, Algeria.
1943 HMS Sportsman HMS Sportsman torpedoes and sinks the Bulgarian troop transport Balkan south of Moudros, Lemnos Island, Greece.
1944 HMS Thorough HMS Thorough lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.
1949 HMS Vigorous Sold for scrapping.
1949 HMS Ultimatum Sold and subsequently scrapped at Port Glasgow.

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