| 1918 | Last torpedo of WWI | The final German torpedo of World War I was fired in the Irish Sea, sinking a small British merchant ship, the Saint Barcham, and drowning its eight crewmen. |
| 1918 | H 42 | Launched |
| 1937 | Maidstone (F44) 1937 - 1978 | Launched |
| 1941 | Rorqual (N 74) | HMS Rorqual lays 10 mines off Isola dei Cavoli off south-east Sardinia. |
| 1942 | Graph (P 715) | While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay, HMS Graph attacks but misses the German submarine U-333 with four torpedoes about 50 nautical miles north-north-east of Cape Ortegal, Spain. |
| 1944 | Spark (P 236) | HMS Spark arrives at Trincomalee to join the Eastern Fleet. |
| 1944 | Tantivy (P 319) | While operating in Makassar Strait HMS Tantivy sinks with gunfire, eight small Japanese vessels. |
| 1960 | Dreadnought (S 101) | Launched |
| 2016 | Dreadnought (S 126) | First of class name officially announced of Trafalgar Day, which was also the day the first Dreadnought submarine was launched by HM Queen, the first nuclear powered submarine in the Royal Navy. |
| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee. The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944 | |
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
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| Class: | 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class |
| Built By: | Cammell Laird (Mersey) |
| Build Group: | S3 |
| Fate: | |
| Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 25th February 1944 for her second patrol in the Far East in the area between Northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands. The Submarine was reported overdue on 20th March 1944 when she failed to return to Trincomalee. The cause of loss is unknown but the Submarine was declared as ‘lost with all hands’, probably in the Malacca Straits on (or about) 16th March 1944 | |
Combat veteran Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and his second-in-command Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) are the chief officers on board US nuclear submarine Crimson Tide.
They are heading for Russia, ready to intervene in an escalating crisis which could result in the outbreak of World War 3. When they then receive orders to launch their missiles, Ramsay and Hunter clash over the validity of the command and mutiny ensues.
18 pages added or updated in the last 1 month
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