Trenchant (P331)
Built By: | Chatham Dockyard (Medway) |
Build Group: | T Group 3 |
Fate: | Scrapped in July 1963 at Faslane. |
Events
09-05-1942 : | Laid Down |
24-02-1943 : | Launched |
26-02-1944 : | Completed |
09-08-1944 : | HMS Trenchant sinks the Japanese fishing vessel Hiyoshi Maru No.3 and two other small Japanese vessels with gunfire off the south-west coast of Sumatra. |
16-09-1944 : | HMS Trenchant lays mines in the the Straits of Malacca. |
19-09-1944 : | HMS Trenchant sinks two Siamese sailing vessels through ramming east of Sumatra. |
23-09-1944 : | The German submarine U-859 is sunk north-west of Penang in the Straits of Malacca by torpedoes from HMS Trenchant. |
27-10-1944 : | Chariots released by HMS Trenchant sink the Japanese army cargo ship Sumatra Maru in Phuket harbour, Siam. |
21-12-1944 : | HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese landing craft with gunfire off the eastern coast of Sumatra. |
22-12-1944 : | Accompanied by HMS Terrapin. They sink the Japanese tanker Yaei Maru No.6 with gunfire off the south side of the Japanese Fleet anchorage at Lingga Roads |
29-12-1944 : | HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait. |
30-12-1944 : | HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Malacca Strait. |
31-12-1944 : | HMS Trenchant sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malacca Strait. |
24-02-1945 : | HMS Trenchant sinks one 100 ton vessel, two 20 ton lighters and 3 junks. |
25-02-1945 : | HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
09-03-1945 : | HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
25-05-1945 : | HMS Trenchant sinks the Japanese auxiliary minesweeper Wa 105 east of Mandalike Island. |
08-06-1945 : | HMS Trenchant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Ashigara in the northern entrance of Bangka Straits. |
13-07-1945 : | HMS Trenchant sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off western Celebes, Netherlands East Indies. |
15-07-1945 : | HMS Trenchant sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire north-east of the Lombok Strait. |
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