Events

1907	C12	Launched
1915	J5	Launched
1915	J6	Launched
1927	Otway (N51)	Completed
1939	Ursula (N59)	British HMS Ursula fired the first British submarine torpedoes of the war when attacking German U-35. The U-boat escaped
1943	Welman 10	Midget submarine "Welman 10" sank alongside depot ship HMS Forth. The commander (Lt B Pedersen of the Norwegian Army) makes an unaided escape to the surface. There are no casualties
1943	Rorqual (N74)	HMS Rorqual lays 15 mines off Trikeri, Greece.

Tarpon (N17)

Built By:	Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group:	T Group 1
Fate:	HMS Tarpon left Portsmouth for Rosyth on 5th April 1940. She was diverted to patrol around Norway on 6th April 1940. Around 0600 hours on 10th April 1940 by the Tarpon encountered the German 'Q-ship' Schiff 40 (Schürbek) west of Jutland, Denmark in approximate position 56º43'N, 06º33'5"E. Tarpon attacked the German vessel with two torpedoes both of which missed. It is assumed that Tarpon was sunk with all hands by depth charges in a counter-attack by Schiff 40. Tarpon was reported overdue on 22nd April 1940. Tarpon was probably the first British submarine to be lost to depth charges in WW2.

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