June 1st - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1908	C19	Submarine HMS C19 laid down
1908	C20	Submarine HMS C20 laid down
1912	E9	Submarine HMS E9 laid down
1915	E29	Submarine HMS E29 launched
1916	E42	Submarine HMS E42 completed
1916	W4	Submarine HMS W4 completed
1916	J3	Submarine HMS J3 completed
1917	K5	Submarine HMS K5 completed
1916	K17	Submarine HMS K17 laid down
1916	K16	Submarine HMS K16 laid down
1918	L10	Submarine HMS L10 completed
1918	K26	Submarine HMS K26 laid down
1943	Stonehenge	Submarine HMS Stonehenge completed
1916	HMS E18	A persicope was clearly sighted 25 miles NW of Steinort by the German U-boat UB-30, all allied submarines were safely back in base, the Germans rightly believed this was E18. The sighting was at 1500 hrs German kept time and E18 was due to report in to Dagerot on the 2nd of June. Recently laid mines along the submarine's course home the likely cause for E18's loss.
1939	HMS Thetis	Sailing, prior to handover, in Liverpool Bay on the morning of 1st June, 1939, Thetis had on board her 53-man crew and 50 passengers (Shipyard and Admiralty men concerned with the trials). Thetis nose-dived to the seabed 160 feet below, With her stern protruding from the waves. Thetis remained undiscovered for a whole day and, although four men managed to escape, she became a tomb for the 99 men on board.
1940	Dunkirk	64,429 men are evacuated from Dunkirk, in spite of increasing Luftwaffe attacks. 4 British and 1 French destroyers - HMS Keith, HMS Basilisk and HMS Havant and the French 'Le Foudroyant' - are lost and 5 more damaged.
1941	HMS Torbay	HMS Torbay sinks Greek sailing vessel with gunfire in the Doro Channel, Greece.
1941	HMS Clyde	HMS Clyde torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant San Marco about 5 nautical miles east of Cape Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy.
1945	HMS Tiptoe	HMS Tiptoe torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Tobi Maru in the Java Sea off Matasiri Island.
1953	Sidon	Attended the Coronation Naval Review at Spithead.

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