June 8th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1910	C34	Submarine HMS C34 launched
1918	H29	Submarine HMS H29 launched
1918	R3	Submarine HMS R3 launched
1918	R4	Submarine HMS R4 launched
1940	Satyr	Submarine HMS Satyr laid down
1944	Solent	Submarine HMS Solent launched
1944	Artful	Submarine HMS Artful laid down
2007	Astute	Submarine HMS Astute launched
1913	HMS E5	An explosion occurred inside E5's Main Engines, resulting in the death of one Officer and two men. In addition, nine men were badly burned. At 08.10 on the morning of 7th March 1916 the German battle cruiser Seydlitz sighted a submarine north of Juist Island. The cruiser and her accompanying torpedo boats dropped depth charges but to no avail. A few hours later another German cruiser, the Regensburg sighted a submarine to the east, not far from a German minefield of the Western Ems. E5 failed to return from her patrol and it is believed that this was the submarine seen by the Regensburg near the minefield.
1941	HMS Clyde	HMS Clyde sinks the Italian merchant Sturla with gunfire in the Golfo di Policastro about 5 nautical miles from Maratea.
1943	HMS Trespasser	HMS Trespasser fires 6 torpedoes at the German auxilary patrol vessel Uj 6073/Nimeth Allah off Toulon, southern France. The torpedoes miss their target.
1944	HMS Sirdar	HMS Sirdar sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1944	HMS Stoic	HMS Stoic sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1945	HMS Trenchant	HMS Trenchant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in the northern entrance of Bangka Straits.
2007	HMS ASTUTE	HMS ASTUTE 'Rolled Out' from Devonshire Dock Hall after naming by Camila, Duchess of Cornwall.

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