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On This Day - April 20

1917 H 32 Laid Down
1940 Swordfish (N 61) HMS Swordfish fires 6 torpedoes against the German merchant Santos about 17 nautical miles south-south-east of Larvik, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
1940 Seal (N 37) HMS Seal arrived at Blyth.
1940 Utmost (N 19) Launched
1942 Trident (N 52) HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Hadur in the Svefjord, Norway.
1942 P 552 Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS P552
1945 Tradewind (P 329) HMS Tradewind sinks a Japanese tug and two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
1945 Terrapin (P 323) Terrapin left Fremantle for what proved to be her final war patrol
Lastest Comments
19/03/2025 on page C 19 (I 49)
Colin Marsh wrote:
My Grandfather Samuel Marsh served on the c19 during WW1. I still have his dog tag....
12/03/2025 on page Disaster Beneath the Waves
RH Deacon wrote:
Several A class boats suffered battery explsions whilst on the surface including Alliance and Auriga which caased considerable devwestation and on Alliance killed a man and injured 17. It is my belief that Affray too suffered a similar explosion whilst snorting, the explosion in this case being cont...
10/02/2025 on page Vivid (P 77)
Mr P J King Ex RNR (Vivid) wrote:
The Bell of HM S/M Vivid is currently in the possession of HMS Vivid the RNR unit in Plymouth. it was presented to the then Headquarters\' unit in 1957/8 by Lt J C Varley the boats first commanding officer....
29/01/2025 on page Alan West - HMS Explorer
Acting Cera, Paul Eade wrote:
This is bringing back some deep memories .Campbelltown is now written on my soul I remember the trip to Copenhagen with the side trip to Gothenburg in Sweden. The fuel pump drive on the diesel was giving trouble. I also remember a spell in Scott\'s yard to get the combustion chamber fixed. One o...
18/01/2025 on page Unruly (P 49)
Caroline Wetton wrote:
My husband\'s uncle, Geoff Coe, served on the Unruly after his ship HMS Calcutta was torpedoed and sunk in the Med....