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On This Day - June 26

1929 Parthian (N 75) Launched
1941 Utmost (N 19) HMS Utmost torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Enrico Costa 4 nautical miles from Cape Todaro, Sicily, Italy.
1941 Severn (N 57) HMS Severn torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Polinnia about 95 nautical miles south-west of Ischia Island, Italy.
1943 O 23 (Dutch) Made a torpedo attack on a small empty Japanese tanker near the One Fathom Bank in the Malacca Straits. All torpedoes missed.
1944 Truculent (P 315) HMS Truculent torpedoes and sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Harugiku Maru about 60 nautical miles south-east of Medan, Sumatra.
1944 V 1 (USSR) Commissioned.
1945 Statesman (P 246) HMS Statesman sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
1964 Renown (S 26) Laid Down

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines