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On This Day - September 7

1766First submarine attackDuring the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.
1838Grace DarlingGrace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, made her famous rescue of the crew of the Forfarshire, which was shipwrecked, near the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast
18921892 - 1924: OnyxLaunched
1926Otway (N51)Launched
1939Seahorse (S98)HMS Seahorse was docked at Rosyth.
1939Wilk (Dutch)Beginning of 2 days under continuous depth charge attacks and had to lay on the sea bottom during the daytime, suffering only minor damage.
1941Thunderbolt (N25)HMS Thunderbolt torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sirena about 50 miles west of Benghasi, Libya.
1942Ultimatum (P34)HMS Ultimatum fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Luciano Manara in the central Mediterranean about 45 nautical miles south-west of Schiza Island, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed.
1943Shakespeare (P221)HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors.
1944Solent (P262)Completed
1971Swiftsure (S126)Launched
1977Trafalgar (S107)Ordered from Vickers, Barrow

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