| 1941 | Tigris (N 63) | HMS Tigris torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Thorn about 25 nautical miles west off the Loire estuary. |
| 1941 | Uproar (P 31) | Completed |
| 1942 | United (P 44) | Completed |
| 1942 | Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) | Decommissioned to reserve submarine |
| 1945 | Stygian (P 249) | HMS Stygian sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Java Sea south of Kangean Island. |
| 1945 | Thorough (P 324) | HMS Thorough sinks a small Japanese gunboat with gunfire off the Nicobar Islands. |
| 1945 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire west of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 1982 | Falklands War | Argentina invades the Falkland Islands |
HMS Onyx was on a visit to Plymouth when the summons came. Her Commanding Officer had just arrived at his home nearby when the telephone rang with orders to take his submarine back to Gosport. He would not be back for another 117 days.
Norwegian investigative journalist Alf Jacobsen relates one of the most incredible tales of the Second World War, in which Royal Navy X-craft midget submarines attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.
A daring plan was hatched by the Admiralty to sink Tirpitz using midget submarines to plant high explosive mines beneath the ship's keel.
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HMS Onyx was on a visit to Plymouth when the summons came. Her Commanding Officer had just arrived at his home nearby when the telephone rang with orders to take his submarine back to Gosport. He would not be back for another 117 days.
Norwegian investigative journalist Alf Jacobsen relates one of the most incredible tales of the Second World War, in which Royal Navy X-craft midget submarines attacked the German battleship Tirpitz in Norway.
A daring plan was hatched by the Admiralty to sink Tirpitz using midget submarines to plant high explosive mines beneath the ship's keel.
12 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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