Tuesday, 7 August 2012

August 7th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1942 P311 Submarine HMS P311 completed
1914 HMCS Shearwater Depot ship HMCS Shearwater (ex HMS Shearwater) commissioned at Esquimalt BC as submarine tender
1941 HMS Severn HMS Severn fires torpedoes at an enemy submarine. All torpedoes miss.
1943 HMS Rorqual HMS Rorqual torpedoes and sinks the French merchant (in German service) Nantaise in the Aegean Sea.
1944 HMS Strategem HMS Stratagem fires torpedoes against the German submarine U-181 in the Strait of Malacca near Penang. However all torpedoes missed their target.
1944 HMS Unswerving HMS Unswerving damages a sailing vessel with gunfire in the Aegean Sea.
1945 HMS Shalimar HMS Shalimar sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
SAB

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