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On This Day - September 14

1914HMAS AE1HMAS AE1 struck an uncharted reef and sank 14 September 1914
1918H29Completed
1931Seahorse (S98)Laid Down
1932Thames (N71)Completed
1939Seal (N37)HMS Seal ended her 1st war patrol at Aden.
1941Thunderbolt (N25)HMS Thunderbolt fires three torpedoes against the German merchant Tinos about 30 nautical miles north-west of Benghazi, Libya. All torpedoes missed.
1942Sahib (P212)HMS Sahib sinks an Italian sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sardinia.
1942P553Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS P553
1943Upstart (P65)HMS Upstart sinks the French fishing vessels Grotte de Bethlehem and Torpille in the Bay of Biscay.
1943Statesman (P246)Launched
1944Spirit (P245)HMS Spirit sinks three Siamese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
1945Sturgeon (N73)Decommissioned and returned to Royal Navy,
1962Thule (P325)Scrapped at Inverkeithing.

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