November 22nd - On This Date - RN Submarine Service

1939	Unbeaten	Submarine HMS Unbeaten laid down
1999	Vengeance	Submarine HMS Vengeance completed
1916	HMS E30	Lost in the North sea. Possibly mined off Orford Ness. E30 left Harwich on November 15th. The minefield was not located until 25th November.
1918	HMS G11	G11 ran aground off Howick in Northumberland in adverse weather conditions (navigation having only been possible via dead reckoning) As the crew abandoned ship, two men fell in the water. The body of Stoker Foster was never recovered but Tel Back was recovered and buried in St Peter's Longhoughton. One further casualty, Lt Richard Sandford VC (who had been admitted to Eston hospital suffering from typhoid fever) died the day after learning his beloved submarine had been lost.
1941	HMS Seawolf	HMS Sea Wolf sinks the German merchant ship off the Syltefjord.
1943	HMS Torbay	HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks a German floating dock north of Skiathos Island, Greece.
1944	HMS Stratagem	Sunk in Malacca Straits HMS Stratagem sailed from Trincomalee on 10th November 1944 with orders to patrol in the vicinity of Malacca where it was believed the Japanese were loading ships with bauxite ore. On the afternoon of the 18th Stratagem attacked and sank the tanker Nichinan Maru. On 22nd November a Japanese aircraft spotted the submarine and directed a destroyer to where it had dived. Just after midday the destroyer attacked, the first depth charge causing the submarine’s bow to strike the bottom. The submarine was plunged into darkness and the forward part began to flood. Attempts to shut the watertight door to the forward compartment failed and the crew were forced to make their escape.
1944	HMS Thorough	HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca
1956	HMS Scorcher	Suffered a fire during exercises.