July 3rd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1920	Wolfe	Depot Ship HMS Wolfe launched
1916	HMS E26	Lost On 2nd July 1916 a German Patrol boat reported a trail of oil on the surface just off the Ems that was thought to be emanating from a submarine. The following day German forces attacked a British submarine with both gunfire and bombs. This vessel is believed to be E26 as she failed to return from her patrol.
1940	HMS Snapper	HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Cygnus west of Hadryet, Norway.
1940	HMS Sealion	HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against a German convoy off the Boknafjord, Norway. None of the torpedoes found it's target and Sealion was heavily depth charged following this failed attack.
1941	HMS Upholder	HMS Upholder torpedoes in sinks the Italian merchant Laura C off Saline Ioniche, Calabria
1942	HMS Truant	HMS Truant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Tamon Maru No.1 in the Strait of Malacca.
1943	HMS Trident	HMS Trident torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vesta west of Leros, Greece.
1943	HMS Rorqual	HMS Rorqual lays 21 mines in the Skiathos Channel.
1944	HMS Ultimatum	HMS Ultimatum fires two torpedoes at the German auxilary patrol vessel Uj 6073/Nimeth Allah off Toulon, southern France. The torpedoes miss the target.
1944	HMS Unruly	HMS Unruly fires three torpedoes at the German merchants Erpel and Pelikan north-east of Mykonos. The torpedoes miss.
1944	HMS Vox	HMS Vox sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire off Monemvassia, Greece.
1945	HMS Selene	HMS Selene damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

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