Thursday, 19 April 2012

April 20th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1917 H32 Submarine HMS H32 laid down
1940 Utmost Submarine HMS Utmost launched
1940 HMS Swordfish HMS Swordfish fires 6 torpedoes against the German merchant Santos about 17 nautical miles south-south-east of Larvik, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
1942 HMS Unbroken Lands two secret agents near Antibes (France)
1942 Trident HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Hadur in the Svefjord, Norway.
1945 HMS Tradewind HMS Tradewind sinks a Japanese tug and two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
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