Thursday, 12 April 2012

April 12th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1916 G10 Submarine HMS G10 completed
1919 R10 Submarine HMS R10 completed
1935 Clyde Submarine HMS Clyde completed
1943 Tally-Ho Submarine HMS Tally-Ho completed
1945 Affray Submarine HMS Affray launched
1945 Alcide Submarine HMS Alcide launched
1945 Alcide Submarine HMS Alcide completed
1940 HMS Snapper HMS Snapper sinks the small German tanker Moonsund with gunfire off Larvik, Norway.
1941 HMS Tetrarch HMS Tetrarch torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Persiano about 30 nautical miles north-west of Tripoli, Libya.
1942 HMS Turbulent HMS Turbulent makes a torpedo attack on a submarine off Fiume. The target is not hit.
1942 Urge Torpedoes were fired at a two ship convoy. This was unsuccessful as the torpedo tracks were sighted by a flying boat acting as the escort and the ships were warned to slow down and stop.
1943 Ultor HMS Ultor fires three torpedoes against a German controlled merchant and the German merchant Nicoline Maersk about 8 nautical miles east of Cape Camarat. All torpedoes miss.
1944 Untiring HMS Untiring torpedoes ans sinks the German merchant Diana 5 nautical miles south of Oneglia.
1945 HMS Stygian HMS Stygian sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire near Bali.
1945 Tapir The German submarine U-486 was sunk in the North Sea north-west of Bergen, Norway, by torpedoes from the British submarine HMS Tapir. Last sinking by a British Submarine in home waters.
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