April 8th - OnThis Date - RN Submarine Service

1959	Onslaught	Submarine HMS Onslaught laid down
1918	HMS E1	Scuttled in Hesingfors Bay
1918	HMS E8	Scuttled in Hesingfors Bay
1940	HMS Trident	HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Stedingen south of the Oslofjord.
1940	Triton	HMS Triton fires 10 torpedoes against the German cruisers Blecher, Lutzow and Emden off Skagen. All torpedoes missed their targets.
1943	Unshaken	HMS Unshaken torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Foggia 10 nautical miles bearing 46 off Soussa, Tunisia.
1945	HMS Statesman	HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
2011	Astute	A shooting incident that occurred onboard HMS Astute alongside in Southampton which resulted in the death of the WEO (Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux), the serious wounding of the MEO (Lt Cdr Chris Hodge), and the arrest of a member of the ships company.

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