Monday, 23 July 2012

July 23rd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1914 V1 Submarine HMS V1 launched
1929 Proteus Submarine HMS Proteus launched
1918 HMS C3 The King was Graciously pleased to approve of the grant of the Victoria Cross to Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford, Royal Navy for the conspicuous gallantry.
1943 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian Aderno off Civitavecchia, Italy.
1944 HMS Storm HMS Storm sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Kiso Maru and two Japanese patrol vessels with gunfire off Port Owen, Andaman Islands.
1945 HMS Tudor HMS Tudor sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Java Sea..

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