1892 | Onyx | Depot Ship HMS Onyx launched |
1926 | Otway | Submarine HMS Otway launched |
1944 | Solent | Submarine HMS Solent completed |
1971 | Swiftsure | Submarine HMS Swiftsure launched |
1766 | First submarine attack | During the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare. |
1838 | Grace Darling | Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, made her famous rescue of the crew of the Forfarshire, which was shipwrecked, near the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast |
1941 | HMS Thunderbolt | HMS Thunderbolt torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sirena about 50 miles west of Benghasi, Libya. |
1942 | HMS Ultimatum | HMS Ultimatum fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Luciano Manara in the central Mediterranean about 45 nautical miles south-west of Schiza Island, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed. |
1943 | HMS Shakespeare | HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. |
1977 | HMS Trafalgar | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
For Veterans and Serving Submariners of all Nations. - News, Updates on World Conflicts and Interesting Information
Friday 7 September 2012
September 7th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service
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