Sunday 22 April 2012

April 23rd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1914 E11 Submarine HMS E11 launched
1914 E15 Submarine HMS E15 launched
1943 Syrtis Submarine HMS Syrtis completed
1943 Vagabond Submarine HMS Vagabond laid down
1945 Seneschal Submarine HMS Seneschal launched
1918 HMS C1 Filled with dynamite and scheduled to be blown up at Zeebrugge Mole but was spared
1940 HMS Tetrarch HMS Tetrarch torpedoes and sinks the German submarine chaser UJ B/Treff V in the Skaggerak.
1943 HMS Sickle HMS Sickle fires two torpedoes against the Italian merchant Mauro Croce off Sagunto, Spain. The torpedoes ran under the target and Sickle fired 19 rounds with her deck gun but failed to hit the target.
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