April 14th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1915	S2	Submarine HMS S2 launched
1927	Olympus	Submarine HMS Olympus laid down
1927	Orpheus	Submarine HMS Orpheus laid down
1944	Scythian	Submarine HMS Scythian launched
1886	Nordenfelt	Barrow's first Submarine 'Nordenfelt' was launched, 14 April 1886.
1912	Titanic	Titanic hits an iceberg and sinks around midnight
1940	HMS Snapper	While operating in the Skaggerak HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Florida.
1940	HMS Sunfish	HMS Sunfish torpedoes and sinks the German Schiff 35/Oldenburg in the Kattegat.
1942	HMS Upholder	On the 12th April HMS Upholder was ordered to form a patrol line with HMS Urge and HMS Thrasher to intercept a convoy. It is not known if this signal was received and the submarine failed to return to harbour on her due date. A number of theories exist as to the fate of Upholder, the most likely is that she fell victim to a depth charge attack by the Italian anti-submarine vessel Pagaso on 14th April east of Tripoli although no debris was seen and the position of the attack would have put Upholder some 100 miles out of position, however, this can be explained by the submarine changing position to find richer pickings. A second theory is that the submarine struck a mine near Tripoli on the night of 11th April, supported by the fact that a submarine was sighted approaching a minefield.
1942	HMS Turbulent	HMS Turbulent sinks the Italian sailing vessel Franco with gunfire off Sebenico, Yugoslavia.
1943	HMS Trident	HMS Trident attacks the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2202 with gunfire south-east of Capo Mele, Italy.
1943	HMS Tuna	HMS Tuna attacks the German submarine U-302 with 4 torpedoes south of Jan Mayen Island. The torpedoes miss their target.
1943	HMS Taurus	HMS Taurus sinks the small Italian tanker Alcione C. with gunfire off the east coast of Corsica, France in position.
1943	HMS Ultor	HMS Ultor torpedoes and sinks the French Penerf off Nizza, southern France.

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