Monday, 19 November 2012

November 18th - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1917 L1 Submarine HMS L1 completed
1937 Taku Submarine HMS Taku laid down
1941 Safari Submarine HMS Safari launched
1942 Vulpine Submarine HMS Vulpine laid down
1942 Varne Submarine HMS Varne laid down
1947 Anchorite Submarine HMS Anchorite completed
1917 HMS K1 Damaged off Danish Coast after collision with HMS K4. Sunk to avoid capture
1941 HMS Sealion HMS Sealion sinks the Norwegian tanker Vesco off the Laksefjord, Norway.
1942 HMS Trusty HMS Trusty torpedoes and damages the Japanese troop transport Columbia Maru near Penang, Malaya.
1942 Porpoise HMS Porpoise torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Giulio Giordani about 45 nautical miles north-east of Misurata, Libya.
1942 U-331 Already damaged and unable to dive, U-331 was sunk west of Algiers by torpedo from an Albacore from HMS Formidable. There were seventeen survivors, of which five were wounded.
1943 HMS Sickle HMS Sickle sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire off Leros island, Greece.
1944 HMS Tally-Ho HMS Tally-Ho sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.

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