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On This Day - April 20

1917 H 32 Laid Down
1940 Swordfish (N 61) HMS Swordfish fires 6 torpedoes against the German merchant Santos about 17 nautical miles south-south-east of Larvik, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
1940 Seal (N 37) HMS Seal arrived at Blyth.
1940 Utmost (N 19) Launched
1942 Trident (N 52) HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Hadur in the Svefjord, Norway.
1942 P 552 Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS P552
1945 Tradewind (P 329) HMS Tradewind sinks a Japanese tug and two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
1945 Terrapin (P 323) Terrapin left Fremantle for what proved to be her final war patrol

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