Thursday 1 March 2012

March 1st - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1917 R5 Submarine HMS R5 laid down
1917 R5 Submarine HMS R5 laid down
1916 E53 Submarine HMS E53 completed
1915 E50 Submarine HMS E50 laid down
1915 E51 Submarine HMS E51 laid down
1915 E52 Submarine HMS E52 laid down
1917 E34 Submarine HMS E34 completed
1944 Thorough Submarine HMS Thorough completed
1955 Sprat Submarine HMS Sprat launched
1942 HMS Unbeaten HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the Vichy-French merchant PLM 20 about 5 nautical miles east of Mehedia, Tunisia.
1942 U-656 U-656 sunk by Patrol Wing (VP) 82 aircraft, the US Navys first submarine kill of WW2
1943 HMS Turbulent HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian merchant San Vincenzo off Paola, Italy.
1943 HMS Unrivalled HMS Unrivalled sinks the Italian sailing vessel Triglav 4 nautical miles south-east of Cape San Vito.
1944 HMS Sea Nymph HMS Sea Nymph fires four torpedoes against the Norwegian merchant Jupiter near Bodo, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
1945 HMS Supreme HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
1945 HMS Terrapin HMS Terrapin sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
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