August 2nd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1903	No 4	Submarine HMS No 4 completed
1916	E48	Submarine HMS E48 launched
1917	F2	Submarine HMS F2 completed
1918	L19	Submarine HMS L19 completed
1945	Springer	Submarine HMS Springer completed
1940	HMS Thames	HMS Thames was on her first war patrol when she went missing. She had sailed from Dundee on 22nd July to patrol in the North Sea. On the 22nd July Thames successfully attacked the German torpedo boat Luchs just west of the Skagerrak. The Luchs was acting as part of a screen for the battle cruiser Gneisenau, which is believed to been her original target, and that the Luchs had manoeuvred between the submarine and the battle cruiser just as the former fired her torpedoes. The shortened range and the ensuing explosions may have been the cause of the loss of the Thames although the favoured opinion is that the submarine struck a mine on the night of 2nd/3rd August.
1945	HMS Seadog and HMS Shalimar	While operating together HMS Seadog and HMS Shalimar sink a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
1945	HMS Thorough	HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Bali.

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