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On This Day - August 20

1906 C 5 (I 35) Launched
1906 C 6 (I 36) Launched
1917 E 47 Lost for reasons unknown.
1919 L 54 Launched
1934 Grampus (N 56) Laid Down
1940 Cachalot (N 84) Torpedoed and sunk U-51 in the Bay of Biscay west of Nantes, France.
1940 Undaunted (N 55) Launched
1941 Thrasher (N 37) HMS Thrasher sinks the Greek sailing vessel San Stefano with gunfire off Cape Malea, Greece.
1941 Unique (N 95) HMS Unique torpedoes and sinks the Italian troop tansport Esperia 11 nautical miles off the Tripoli lighthouse, Libya.

Consequently attacked by aircraft and damaged resulting in her return to Malta.
1941 Upholder (N 99) HMS Upholder torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Enotria 5 nautical miles off Cape San Vito, Italy.
1943 O 24 (Dutch) Torpedoed and sank the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Chosa Maru 8 nautical miles southwest of Penang, Malaya. The Chosa Maru had left Penang a few hours before when the Japanese heard of the attack on the German Quito the day before.
1944 Satyr (P 214) HMS Satyr fires four torpedoes against the German merchants Bochum and Emma Sauber off Skudesnes, Norway. All torpedoes missed their targets.
1962 Otter (S 15) Commissioned
2015 Artful (S 121) Arrived at Faslane for the first time

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines