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On This Day - December 18

1914G8Laid Down
1917L2Completed
1918L52Launched
19211921 - 1958: Montclare (F85)Launched
1940Tuna (N94)HMS Tuna attacks the Italian submarine Brin with torpedoes and gunfire in the Bay of Biscay about 55 nautical miles east of the Gironde estuary. The Italian submarine escapes unharmed. Later HMS Tuna sinks the French tug Chassiron with gunfire about 25 nautical miles west-south-west of the Gironde estuary.
1941United (P44)Launched
1942Safari (P211)HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eufrasia with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisa.
1942U-565German submarine U-535 sinks HMS Partridge 50 miles west of Oran.
1942Rorqual (N74)HMS Rorqual torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Piero Foscari in the Gulf of Gaeta, Italy north-east of Ischia island.
1943Universal (P57)HMS Universal torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant La Foce south of Chiavari, Genova, Italy.
1944Scorcher (P258)Launched
1944Turpin (P354)Completed

LossesSubmarine Badges