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On This Day - September 24

1912 Pactolus 1886 - 1912 Commissioned at Chatham
1926 Oberon (N 21) Launched
1939 Spearfish (N 69) HMS Spearfish was heavily damaged by German warships off Horns Reef. She was unable to submerge but nevertheless managed to escape. A rescue mission was undertaken by the British Humber force and Home fleet. Spearfish safely put in Rosyth on the 26th. Repairs to Spearfish were completed in early March 1940.
1940 Tuna (N 94) HMS Tuna torpedoes and sinks the German catapult ship Ostmark in the Bay of Biscay about 35 nautical miles south-west of St. Nazaire, France.
1940 Cachalot (N 84) HMS Cachalot attacks a submarine with torpedoes in the Bay of Biscay. The target is not hit.
1941 Triumph (N 18) HMS Triumph damages the Italian tanker Poseidone and the Italian merchant Sidamo off Ortona, Abruzzi, Italy.
1941 Urge (N 17) An attack was made a 2,500 ton Merchant Vessel. All torpedoes missed.
1941 P 36 Completed
1942 Sea Dog (P 216) Completed
1942 Usurper (P 56) Launched
1943 Ultor (P 53) HMS Ultor torpedoes and damages the German tanker Champagne 11 nautical miles east of Bastia, Corsica, France.
1944 Tudor (P 326) HMS Tudor lays mines off the west coast of Siam.
1944 Vigorous (P 74) HMS Vigorous claims the sinking of a sailing vessel south-east of Cape Drepano, Sithonia Peninsula, Greece.
1944 Visigoth (P 76) HMS Visigoth damages two sailing vessels with gunfire in Strati harbour, Crete, Greece.
1944 Vox (P 73) HMS Vox sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire about 15 nautical miles south of the Kassandra Peninsula, Greece.
1945 Ambush (P 418) Launched
1952 Sportsman (P 229) She was lost off Toulon on 24 September 1952. The entire crew of 47 officers and men went down with the ship.
1960 Onslaught (S 14) Launched

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines