Thursday 22 March 2012

March 22nd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1921 Ausonia Depot Ship HMS Ausonia launched
1924 Oberon Submarine HMS Oberon laid down
1943 HMS Tribune HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the German tanker Präsident Herrenschmidt about 10 nautical miles north-west of Cape Suvero.
1943 HMS Unbroken HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 17/Milano off Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy.
1943 HMS Rorqual HMS Rorqual lays 50 mines off Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
1944 Syrtis HMS Syrtis sank Norwegian SS Narvik near Sleipnesodden, Helgeland with gunfire
1944 HMS Stonehange HMS Stonehange sailed from Trincomalee, Ceylon and arrived in patrol area between northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands on 25 February 1944. She was reported overdue on 22 March 1944. The cause of loss is unknown. Lost with all hands
1945 HMS Selene HMS Selene sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire north-east of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
1983 HMS Trenchant Ordered from Vickers, Barrow
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