Events
On This Day - February 27
1908 | C25 | Laid Down |
1914 | V4 | Laid Down |
1929 | Osiris (N67) | Completed |
1933 | Sturgeon (N73) | Completed |
1942 | Torbay (N79) | HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Lido about 15 nautical miles south of Antipaxe, Korfu, Greece. |
1942 | Upholder (N99) | HMS Upholder torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Tembien about 25 nautical miles north of Tripoli, Libya. |
1943 | Tigris (N63) | HMS Tigris sailed from Malta on 18th February for a patrol south of Naples. HMS Tigris was last sighted at 0730 on the 24th February, 39 miles from Capri. On the morning of the 27th UJ2210, escorting a convoy six miles south east of Capri made contact with a submarine and carried out three depth charge attacks, the third attack brought oil to the surface and the contact was noted to be stationary. A forth attack of fifteen depth charges brought a huge bubble of air to the surface. On 6th March Tigris was ordered to Algiers but there was no reply to this signal and Tigris failed to return to harbour. |
1944 | Universal (P57) | HMS Universal torpedoes and damages the Italian tanker (in German control) Cesteriano off Cape Camarat, southern France. |
1945 | Sea Dog (P216) | HMS Sea Dog rescued four US airmen from a raft in the Bay of Bengal |
1945 | Vagabond (P18) | Completed |
1948 | Sidon (P259) | Taken in hand for refit at Portsmouth. |