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On This Day - August 2

1903 No 4 Completed
1916 E 48 Launched
1917 F 2 (I A1) Completed
1918 L 19 Completed
1918 E 40 E40 narrowly avoided disaster after confronting a German U-Boat
1942 O 23 (Dutch) Attacked a Japanese convoy and torpedoed and heavily damaged the Japanese army cargo ship Zenyo Maru about 30 nautical miles northwest of Penang, Malaya. The Japanese ship burns out and was later towed to Singapore. She was declared a total loss.
1945 HMS Seadog and HMS Shalimar While operating together HMS Seadog and HMS Shalimar sink a Japanese tug and a barge with gunfire in the southern part of the Strait of Malacca.
1945 Thorough (P 324) HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Bali.
1945 Springer (P 264) Completed