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On This Day - January 20

1890 Royal Arthur 1891 - 1921 Laid down
1921 K 5 HMS K5 sailed from Torbay as part of a fleet bound for Spain, which included the Cruiser Inconstant and Submarines K8, K9, K15 and K22. It was decided to conduct a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay and the vessels split up to take their positions. A signal was received from K5 that she was diving, but she failed to reappear at the end of the exercise. An hour before dusk a battery cover from a K boat was recovered and the next morning a sailor's ditty box was found - the last trace of K5. It is believed an accident caused K5 to exceed her maximum diving depth.
1940 Thorn (N 11) Laid Down
1940 O 22 (Dutch) Launched
1943 Saracen (P 247) HMS Saracen sinks the Italian auxiliary submarine chaser V 3/Maria Angelette with gunfire about 30 nautical miles south of Isola di Capri, Italy.
1943 Unrivalled (P 45) While on patrol of Tunisia HMS Unrivalled intercepts a small Italian naval auxiliary towing a schooner. She sinks the naval auxiliary with gunfire.
1943 Untiring (P 59) Launched
1945 Sidon (P 259) While both conducting attack exercises off Inchmarnock on HMS Sardonyx at 1452 hours HMS Turpin and HMS Sidon collided. Both submarines were at periscope depth and both sustained damage. Sidon's stem cutter was turned to starboard by a length of 4 feet.
1945 Turpin (P 354) While both conducting attack exercises off Inchmarnock on HMS Sardonyx at 1452 hours HMS Turpin and HMS Sidon collided. Both submarines were at periscope depth and both sustained damage.
2006 Spartan (S 105) Decommissioning ceremony was held to mark the successful completion of Spartan's service.

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines