July 5th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1929	Otus	Submarine HMS Otus completed
1940	Sahib	Submarine HMS Sahib laid down
1941	HMS Tigris	The Italian submarine Michele Bianchi is torpedoed and sunk in the Bay of Biscay west of Bordeaux, France by the British submarine HMS Tigris.
1941	HMS Torbay	The Italian submarine Jantina was torpedoed and sunk in the Aegean south of Mykonos, Greece.
1942	HMS Safari	HMS Safari damages the Italian merchant Tigrai with gunfire off the Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia, Italy.
1943	HMS Untamed	Untamed was salvaged on this day, she was refitted and named Vitality, returning to service in July 1944.
1944	HMS Sea Rover	HMS Sea Rover sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire and scuttling charges off Penang.
1944	HMS Viking	While on patrol in the Norwegian Sea, HMS Viking fires from 600 yards a four-torpedo spread at the German submarine U-965. The Germans saw the torpedo tracks and managed to avoid them. A serving W/T aboard Viking at this time recalls that the topedoes fired "porpoised", allowing them to be seen by the crew of the U-boat, which then dived. He said they had no idea why the U-boat was on the surface as it evidently was not disabled. He also noted that the crew of the Viking weren't sorry they'd missed the other submariners.
1979	HMS Tireless	Ordered from Vickers, Barrow

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