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On This Day - May 20

1916 E 35 Launched
1916 K 3 Launched
1939 Taku (N 38) Launched
1940 Spearfish (N 69) HMS Spearfish sinks the Danish fishing vessels S.130 and S.175 with gunfire in the North Sea.
1940 Tetrarch (N 77) HMS Tetrarch captures the Danish fishing vessel Emmanuel and sinks the Danish fishing vessel Terieven with scuttling charges in the North Sea west of Denmark.
1941 Upholder (N 99) HMS Upholder fires four torpedoes at the Italian tanker Utilitas off Capo dell'Armi but miss the target.
1941 Urge (N 17) Whilst on Patrol along the Sicily/Gulf of Sirte route an attack was made on two escorted Italian Merchant Vessels in position 35`46'N 11`57'E. Four torpedoes were fired of which the first two hit, the third missed and the fourth one also hit. As a result the 4,857 ton PERSEO was damaged and the 5,165 ton ZEFFIRO was sunk.
1944 Sceptre (P 215) HMS Sceptre torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Hochheimer off Bilbao, northern Spain. In the same attack the torpodoes miss the German patrol vessels V-402 and V-405.
1944 Supreme (P 252) Completed
1945 Sea Dog (P 216) HMS Seadog sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
1947 Ambush (P 418) Commissioned under the command of Lieutenant Commander George E Hunt, DSO, DSC
1970 Superb (S 109) Ordered from Vickers, barrow

Losses Submarine Badges