July 10th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1906	C1	Submarine HMS C1 launched
1906	C2	Submarine HMS C2 launched
1909	D2	Submarine HMS D2 laid down
1912	E10	Submarine HMS E10 laid down
1916	E38	Submarine HMS E38 completed
1918	L6	Submarine HMS L6 completed
1941	Umpire	Submarine HMS Umpire completed
1943	Varangian	Submarine HMS Varangian completed
1942	Shakespeare	Submarine HMS Shakespeare completed
1911	RAN	Royal Australian Navy was formed. Australia had previously maintained an assortment of minor warships for local maritime defence since the 1850s
1940	Battle of Britain begins	In addition to raids on shipping over the channel, the Germans raid dock targets in South Wales. This date becomes the first day of the Battle of Britain.
1941	HMS Tuna	While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Tuna fires two torpedoes at a submerged Asdic contact which is thought to be an enemy submarine. The torpedoes miss their target.
1944	HMS Untiring	HMS Untiring attacks a German auxiliary patrol vessel with torpedoes off Cannes, southern France. The torpedoes miss.
1944	HMS Vox	HMS Vox torpedoes and sinks the German collier Anita between Andros and Tinos Islands, Greece.
1945	HMS Sibyl	HMS Sibyl sinks 11 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Stait of Malacca.

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