| 1766 |
First submarine attack
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During the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare. |
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| 1838 |
Grace Darling
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Grace Darling, the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, made her famous rescue of the crew of the Forfarshire, which was shipwrecked, near the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast |
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| 1892 |
Onyx 1892 - 1924
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Launched |
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| 1926 |
Otway (N 51)
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Launched |
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| 1939 |
Seahorse (S 98)
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HMS Seahorse was docked at Rosyth. |
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| 1939 |
Wilk (N 64) (Dutch)
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Beginning of 2 days under continuous depth charge attacks and had to lay on the sea bottom during the daytime, suffering only minor damage. |
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| 1941 |
Thunderbolt (N 25)
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HMS Thunderbolt torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sirena about 50 miles west of Benghasi, Libya. |
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| 1942 |
Ultimatum (P 34)
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HMS Ultimatum fires four torpedoes against the Italian merchant Luciano Manara in the central Mediterranean about 45 nautical miles south-west of Schiza Island, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed. |
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| 1943 |
Shakespeare (P 221)
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HMS Shakespeare torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Velella about 18 nautical miles east of Licosa Island, south of Salerno, Italy. There were no survivors. |
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| 1944 |
Solent (P 262)
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Completed |
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| 1971 |
Swiftsure (S 126)
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Launched |
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| 1977 |
Trafalgar (S 107)
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Ordered from Vickers, Barrow |
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