Events
On This Day - June 02
1940 | Dunkirk | Dunkirk town is held despite the shrinking of the perimeter. Evacuation at night results in 26,256 men evacuated. The last of the British troops are evacuated. There remain plenty of ships, but the 60,000 French troops have no evacuation orders. |
1942 | Turbulent (N98) | HMS Turbulent twice attacks the German submarine U-81. All 7 torpedoes miss the target. |
1942 | 1921 - 1958: Montclare (F85) | Sold to the Admiralty for conversion to a submarine depot ship |
1942 | Traveller (N48) | HMS Traveller conducted exercises off Gibraltar together with P42 and P43 |
1943 | Tantalus (P318) | Completed |
1943 | Unswerving (P63) | Launched |
1944 | Tantalus (P318) | HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. |
1944 | Ultor (P53) | HMS Ultor sinks the German patrol vessel SG-11 north of Port Vendres, southern France. |
1944 | Vulpine (P79) | Completed |
1945 | Trident (N52) | HMS Trident sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demoliotion charges in the Strait of Malacca. |