December 24th - On This Date

1914	E32	Submarine HMS E32 laid down
1917	P512	Submarine HMS P512 launched
1941	HMS H31	HMS H-31 sunk by mine in Bay of Biscay In December 1941 news was received of a possible break out from Brest, by the German battleships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen. In expectation of this eight submarines were sent to the area but although the breakout did not take place, H31 failed to return. The submarine had sailed from Falmouth on 19th December. She was requested to signal her position on the 24th but did not do so.
1944	HMS Tudor	HMS Tudor sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Burma.
1947	HMS Sea Dog	Scrapped at Troon