Events
On This Day - September 10
| 1919 | H 34 | Completed |
| 1939 | Triton (N 15) | HMS Triton had the misfortune to torpedo accidentally HMS Oxley off Norway. Oxley was the first British submarine lost during the Second World War. A Board of Enquiry found that Oxley was some way out of position and that Triton had acted correctly and was not culpable for the sinking. The cause of the disaster was kept a close secret until the 1950's. |
| 1939 | Oxley (N 55) | HMS Oxley sunk off Obrestad, Norwegian coast, south of Stavanger - torpedoed in error by HMS Triton. She was the first British vessel to be lost in WWII. Submarines Oxley and Triton were patrolling off Norway and had been in regular contact when Triton spotted an unidentified submarine off the coast of Norway. Believing it might be Oxley a number of signals of recognition were flashed by Triton. No reply was forthcoming and after several challenges Triton fired two torpedoes that struck the submarine and sent her to the seabed. Triton closed in on the area and found three survivors. A Board of Enquiry found that Oxley was some way out of position and that Triton had acted correctly and was not culpable for the sinking |
| 1939 | Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) | The commanding officer of Wilk requested the Naval High Command for permission to enter the Hela or Gdynia harbour for repairs. The High Command refused and ordered him to sail to England or Sweden. The Crew decided to break out from Baltic to Britain. |
| 1941 | Thunderbolt (N 25) | HMS Thunderbolt sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V 224/Svan I with gunfire in the Gulf of Syrte off Marsa el Auegia. |
| 1941 | Torbay (N 79) | HMS Torbay torpedoes and damages the German merchant Norburg inside Iraklion harbour, Crete. |
| 1941 | Stubborn (P 238) | Laid Down |
| 1942 | Una (N 87) | HMS Una fires torpedoes against the Italian merchant Brioni about 10 nautical miles west of Palaiokhóra, Crete, Greece but missed. |
| 1943 | Seraph (P 219) | HMS Seraph claims the sinking of four small craft with gunfire east of Corsica. |
| 1943 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays another 15 mines in the Skiathos Channel. |
| 1952 | Aurochs (P 426) | There was a fatal runaccident on the Aurochs while docked in County Cork |
| 1970 | Dreadnought (S 101) | Refitted at Rosyth and recommissioned |
| 1984 | Talent (S 92) | Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
