| 1940 | Dunkirk | Dunkirk town is held despite the shrinking of the perimeter. Evacuation at night results in 26,256 men evacuated. The last of the British troops are evacuated. There remain plenty of ships, but the 60,000 French troops have no evacuation orders. |
| 1942 | Turbulent (N 98) | HMS Turbulent twice attacks the German submarine U-81. All 7 torpedoes miss the target. |
| 1942 | Montclare (F85) 1939 - 1958 | Sold to the Admiralty for conversion to a submarine depot ship |
| 1942 | Traveller (N 48) | HMS Traveller conducted exercises off Gibraltar together with P42 and P43 |
| 1943 | Tantalus (P 318) | Completed |
| 1943 | Unswerving (P 63) | Launched |
| 1944 | Tantalus (P 318) | HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca. |
| 1944 | Ultor (P 53) | HMS Ultor sinks the German patrol vessel SG-11 north of Port Vendres, southern France. |
| 1944 | Vulpine (P 79) | Completed |
| 1945 | Trident (N 52) | HMS Trident sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demoliotion charges in the Strait of Malacca. |
Forth (F04) 1938 - 1978 |
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| Class: | Depot Ships |
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| Build Group: | Maidstone-class |
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Fate: She was decommissioned on January 1, 1979, and sold for scrapping on July 25, 1985. |
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The incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothers whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it.
One question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something elseone of the sub's own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippers' complaints about the MK 14 torpedo's dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon.
Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of The Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43. Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.
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Forth (F04) 1938 - 1978 |
|
| Class: | Depot Ships |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | Maidstone-class |
|
Fate: She was decommissioned on January 1, 1979, and sold for scrapping on July 25, 1985. |
|
The incredible true story of the search for and discovery of the USS Grunion. Discovered in 2006 after a decades-long, high-risk search by the Abele brothers whose father commanded the submarine and met his untimely death aboard it.
One question remained: what sank the USS Grunion? Was it a round from a Japanese ship, a catastrophic mechanical failure, or something elseone of the sub's own torpedoes? For almost half the war, submarine skippers' complaints about the MK 14 torpedo's dangerous flaws were ignored by naval brass, who sent the subs out with the defective weapon.
Fatal Dive is the first book that documents the entire saga of the ship and its crew and provides compelling evidence that the Grunion was a victim of The Great Torpedo Scandal of 1941-43. Fatal Dive finally lays to rest one of World War II’s greatest mysteries.
15 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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