Events
On This Day - January 19
| 1903 | No 3 | Completed |
| 1903 | No 5 | Completed |
| 1906 | B3 | Completed |
| 1908 | C12 | Completed |
| 1912 | D5 | Completed |
| 1917 | E36 | E36 and E43 left Harwich at 0730 for two patrol areas off Terschelling. A strong north easterly was blowing. At 1126 just before they left the coast, E43 signalled to E36 to proceed independently. At 1330 E36 was on the port beam but was out of sight by 1500. The sea was running fairly high and at 1850 E43, having lost her bridge screen, eased to 5 knots and turned 16 points to fit a new one. This delay must have enabled E36 to overtake her, for at 1950 off the Haaks LV, E43 had just altered course to true north when she suddenly sighted a submarine 3 points on the port bow apparently steering east and only 50 yards off. The helm was put hard to starboard and engines full astern but E43 struck E36 aft from the stern, rode right over her and saw her vanish on the starboard quarter in the darkness. E43 went astern but nothing could be seen in the darkness and heavy sea. Nothing more was heard of E36. |
| 1942 | Sahib (P212) | Launched |
| 1943 | Splendid (P228) | HMS Splendid torpedoes and sinks the small Italian merchant Commercio south-east of Capo Sferracavallo, Sardinia, Italy. She also sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 107/Cleopatra with gunfire. |
| 1943 | Unbroken (P42) | HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Edda near Gerba, Tunisia. |
| 1943 | Splendid (P228) | Launched |
| 1944 | Vivid (P77) | Completed |
| 1945 | Porpoise (N14) | Last British submarine to be lost during WW2 On 2nd January 1945 HMS Porpoise left Trincomalee to lay mines in the vicinity of Penang. The signal received from the submarine confirming that this had been successfully carried out was the last contact made. Japanese records show that a submarine was spotted and bombed by aircraft in the vicinity of Penang. Although not destroyed in this attack, the submarine was wounded and leaking oil that left a trail for the Japanese anti-submarine forces to follow as they closed in for the kill. |
