Tuesday, 23 October 2012

October 23rd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service



1886                HMS Forth launched
1911                HMS D6 launched
1916                HMS G4 launched
1942                HMS Vandal launched
1915                HMS E8 sank the German armored cruiser Prinz Adalbert in the Baltic. The sinking led the Germans to temporarily withdraw all their capital ships from operations in the Baltic
1918                Used as a target and sunk
1941                HMS Triumph sinks the Greek sailing vessels Panagiotis and Aghia Paraskeva with gunfire in the Gulf of Petali, Greece.
1941                HMS Truant torpedoes sinks the German merchant Virginia S. in the Otranto Strait about 30 nautical miles east of Capo Santa Maria di Leuca, Italy. The Italian Arborea was missed during the same attack.
1942                HMS Umbra torpedoes and destroys the grounded German supply ship Amsterdam off Khoms, near Tripoli, Libya. She also sinks the Italian tug Pronta that is trying to salvage the Amsterdam.
1944                HMS Tantivy sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in Makassar Strait.
2000                HMCS Victoria (ex-HMS Unseen) arrived Halifax from UK

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