Sunday 12 August 2012

August 12th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1918 R9 Submarine HMS R9 launched
1919 L53 Submarine HMS L53 launched
1917 Panama Canal Submarines HMCS CC 1 and CC 2 along with depot ship HMCS Shearwater become first ships flying the White Ensign to transit the Panama Canal
1941 HMS Torbay HMS Torbay attacks an Italian convoy 4 nautical miles west of Benghazi, Libya. The four torpedoes fired against the Italian merchants Bosforo and Iseo all miss their targets and Torbay is heavily depth charged following this attack.
1942 HMS Unshaken HMS Unshaken sinks the German merchant Georg L.M. Russ off Norway
1942 HMS Porpoise HMS Porpoise lays a minefield (46 mines) off Ras el Tin, Libya and torpedoes and sinks the Italian transport Ogaden 9 nautical miles from Ras el Tin, Libya.
1945 HMS Thorough HMS Thorough sinks the Malaysian sailing vessel Palange with gunfire off Bali.
2000 Kursk The Russian nuclear submarine Kursk and its 118-man crew were lost during naval exercises in the Barents Sea
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