July 7th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1914	E14	Submarine HMS E14 launched
1917	F2	Submarine HMS F2 launched
1918	L8	Submarine HMS L8 launched
1917	L69	Submarine HMS L69 laid down
1943	Sea Rover	Submarine HMS Sea Rover completed
1943	Sidon	Submarine HMS Sidon laid down
1940	HMS Olympus	HMS Olympus bombed & damaged by Italian aircraft while in dock at Malta
1941	HMS Sealion	HMS Sealion sinks the French fishing vessels Gustav Eugene and Gustav Jeanne with gunfire off Ushant.
1941	Urge	Damage was claimed on a 9,000 ton Merchant Vessel in position 37`48'N 15`21'E
1943	HMS Rorqual	HMS Rorqual torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Wilhemsburg about 5 nautical miles west of Tenedos Island, Greece.
1944	HMS Sturdy	HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
1945	HMS Sidon	Having left the Holy Loch in April 1945 for passage to the Far East to join the 8th Submarine Flotilla. She diverted to Fremantle to repair battery defects en-route. Sidon departed Fremantle to commence her 2nd patrol. Soon after departing, one of her engines developed a defect and she called in at Onslow to rectify this. The patrol was mainly for air-sea rescue duties.
1945	HMS Sea Scout	HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
1992	HMS Vengeance	Boat Ordered from Vickers

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