| 1906 |
C 1 (I 31)
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Launched |
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| 1906 |
C 2 (I 32)
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Launched |
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| 1909 |
D 2 (I 72)
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Laid Down |
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| 1911 |
RAN
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Royal Australian Navy was formed. Australia had previously maintained an assortment of minor warships for local maritime defence since the 1850s |
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| 1912 |
E 10 (I 90)
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Laid Down |
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| 1916 |
E 38
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Completed |
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| 1918 |
L 6
|
Completed |
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| 1940 |
Battle of Britain begins
|
In addition to raids on shipping over the channel, the Germans raid dock targets in South Wales. This date becomes the first day of the Battle of Britain. |
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| 1940 |
Phoenix (N 96)
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HMS Phoenix attacks an escorted tanker off Augusta and is lost to depth charges from Italian torpedo boat Albatros in the Mediterranean |
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| 1941 |
Tuna (N 94)
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While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS Tuna fires two torpedoes at a submerged Asdic contact which is thought to be an enemy submarine. The torpedoes miss their target. |
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| 1941 |
Umpire (N 82)
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Completed |
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| 1942 |
Shakespeare (P 221)
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Completed |
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| 1943 |
Varangian (P 61)
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Completed |
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| 1944 |
Untiring (P 59)
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HMS Untiring attacks a German auxiliary patrol vessel with torpedoes off Cannes, southern France. The torpedoes miss. |
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| 1944 |
Vox (P 73)
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HMS Vox torpedoes and sinks the German collier Anita between Andros and Tinos Islands, Greece. |
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| 1945 |
Sibyl (P 217)
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HMS Sibyl sinks 11 small Japanese vessels with gunfire in the Stait of Malacca. |
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