Wednesday 11 January 2012

January 11th - On This Date


1915 H1 Submarine HMS H1 laid down
1915 H2 Submarine HMS H2 laid down
1915 H3 Submarine HMS H3 laid down
1915 H4 Submarine HMS H4 laid down
1915 H5 Submarine HMS H5 laid down
1916 G10 Submarine HMS G10 launched
1964 Osiris Submarine HMS Osiris completed
1942 Porpoise HMS Porpoise lays 50 mines off Suda Bay, Crete.
1943 HMS Sahib HMS Sahib torpedoes and damages the German transport San Antonio about 15 nautical miles east of San Remo.
1943 HMS Tribune HMS Tribune again torpedoes and damages the (now beached) French merchant Dalny off Cape Cervo, Sardinia, Italy.
1943 HMS Turbulent HMS Turbulent torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Vittoria Beraldo near Cattaro, Yugoslavia.
1943 HMS Umbra HMS Umbra damages the Italian sailing vessels Nuovo Domenico and Concetta Falco with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet.
1944 HMS Tally Ho HMS Tally Ho, one of the Royal Navy submarine flotilla based at Trincomalee, caught the Japanese light cruiser Kuma in the Malacca Strait, one of the very few large Japanese warships then operating in the area, and sank her with two torpedo hits.
1944 HMS Unruly HMS Unruly sinks four sailing vessels with gunfire off Andros Island and Tinos Island, Greece.

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