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On This Day - July 31

1916J6Completed
1942Traveller (N48)While operating in the Adriatic HMS Traveller fires 6 torpedoes at the Italian gunboat Cattaro. The torpedoes however missed their target.
1943Unsparing (P55)HMS Unsparing torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Flegetonte off Bari, Italy.
1943Terrapin (P323)Launched
1943O24 (Dutch)Shelled in error by the American merchant Point Clear South of Ceylon. No damage was sustained.
1945XE3XE-3 made a successful attack on a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Atago class at her moorings in Johore Strait, Singapore, on 31st July, 1945 for which a VC was awarded.

Leading Seaman Magennis served as Diver in XE-3 during the same attack and was also awarded the VC.
1945Tiptoe (P332)HMS Tiptoe damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire off the Sunda Strait.
1946Aeneas (P427)Completed

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