Top
Home → Boats → On This Day

Events

May
Jul
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
Back to Today

On This Day - June 20

1912 Alecto (J10) 1911 - 1949 Commissioned
1915 Talbot / Medway II 1951 - 1946 Completed
1940 Parthian (N 75) Scored the first hit in the Mediterranean when sinking the Italian submarine Diamante off Tobruk
1940 Salmon (N 65) HMS Salmon fires two torpedoes against a German convoy about 15 nautical miles south-west of Egersund, Norway. Both torpedoes missed their intended targets.
1940 Clyde (N 12) About 40 nautical miles north-west of the island of Halten, Norway. HMS Clyde hit the German battleship Gneisenau in the bow with one torpedo, putting her out of action for many months.

Lt. Cdr. D. Ingram was awarded the DSC. for the action.
1940 Tigris (N 63) Completed
1943 United (P 44) HMS United torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Olbia about 20 nautical miles south of Cape Spartivento, Italy.
1943 Volatile (P 96) Launched
1944 Storm (P 233) HMS Storm attacks the German submarine U-1062 with torpedoes in the Malacca Strait. The torpedoes however miss their target. The u-boat had left Penang the previous day.
1944 Ultor (P 53) HMS Ultor torpedoes and sinks the German tug Cebre south of Cannes, southern France.
1944 Urtica (P 83) Completed

Featured Badge

Votary (P 29)

Class: 1941 - 1958: V Class
Built By: Vickers (Tyne)
Build Group: V2
Fate:
Transferred to the Norwegian Navy as Uthaug in 1946.
Featured Book
Blind Mans Bluff
Adventure, ingenuity, courage and disaster beneath the sea: the remarkable reality of Cold War submarine warfare.

In Blind Mans Bluff, veteran investigative journalist Sherry Sontag and award-winning New York Times reporter Christopher Drew reveal an extraordinary underwater world. Blind Mans Bluff reads like a spy thriller, but with one important difference, everything in it is true.
Buy from Amazon
Latest Updated Pages
Branch Events
Updated: February 10, 2026
Branch Newsletter
Updated: February 8, 2026
Branch Noticeboard
Updated: February 8, 2026
Branch Rollcall
Updated: February 3, 2026
Branch Rules and Minutes
Updated: February 3, 2026
About Me
Updated: January 31, 2026
Commodore David Charles Langbridge MSC CEng FIME
Updated: January 31, 2026
Lieutenant Commander (WESM) Clive Waghorn
Updated: January 31, 2026
Welcome
Updated: January 31, 2026
Clyde Shipbuilding and Engineering
Updated: January 28, 2026
In Depth Newsletter
Updated: January 19, 2026

11 pages added or updated in the last 1 month

Errors and Corrections

Please help to maintain this site by reporting any Errors, Broken Links, Information or Site Issues on this page using this button

Report An Error

Buy Me A Coffee

If you find this site useful, please consider supporting my work with a small Donation. Or you can make a big one if you like :)

Click to Donate

Please Note: Donations made using this option go directly to the site owner and not to the Submariners Association.

Thankyou for your support.