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On This Day - September 2

1909 C 31 (I 61) Launched
1915 E 37 Launched
1932 Ausonia (F53) 1921 - 1965 Requisitioned from Cunard White Star Ltd, Liverpool by the Admiralty and converted to an armed merchant cruiser.
1939 Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) Spotted the destroyer Erich Steinbrinck, but could not attack because Wilk fell under attack by minesweepers (a German report of firing a torpedo at Steinbrinck is not confirmed by the Poles).
1940 Tigris (N 63) HMS Tigris attacks the German submarine U-58 with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay about 30 nautical miles south-west of Lorient, France. All torpedoes missed.
1940 P 36 Laid Down
1940 P 38 Laid Down
1941 Umbra (P 35) Completed
1943 Torbay (N 79) HMS Torbay torpedoes and sinks the small Italian merchant Versilia off Paros Island, Greece.
1944 Storm (P 233) HMS Storm sinks five small Japanese vessels with gunfire.
1944 Strongbow (P 235) HMS Strongbow sinks the small Japanese army cargo ship Toso Maru No.1 with gunfire off the west coast of Siam some 26 nautical miles east of Phuket. She also sinks six other small Siamese/Japanese vessels with gunfire.
1945 Japanese Surrender Japan signs surrender documents on board USS Missouri at anchor in Tokyo Bay.
2016 Triumph (S 93) Following an extensive period in maintenance and a number of equipment upgrades, HMS Triumph retook her place on the front line.

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines