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On This Day - June 14

1919	L 27	Launched

1930	Olympus (N 35)	Completed

1935	Snapper (N 39)	Completed

1940	Odin (N 84)	Sunk in the Gulf of Taranto by Italian destroyers Strale & Baleno The Italian Destroyer Strale sighted HMS Odin at 23.21 on 13th June. The Destroyer turned to attack, first with torpedoes, and then with gunfire. Strale then attempted to ram the submarine, which fired a torpedo from a stern tube before diving. Having failed to ram the submarine, the Strale launched a pattern of depth charges before returning to her designated patrol. At 0157 the Torpedo Boat Baleno sighted Odin surfacing about 9 miles from the position of the original attack. The Baleno also attempted to ram the submarine, which once again dived to avoid her pursuer. Passing over the area Baleno dropped two depth charges, turned and dropped three more. Later that morning aerial reconnaissance by the Italian Air Force revealed oil slicks in both attack areas. The Italians believed the attacks to be on two separate submarines. But it is believed that both attacks were on Odin. The first badly damaging the submarine, the second finished her off.

1940	Porpoise (N 14)	HMS Porpoise lays minefield FD 18 (50 mines) off the Ramsoyfjord, Norway.

1941	Clyde (N 12)	HMS Clyde sinks the Italian sailing vessel/auxiliary patrol vessel V 125/Giovanni Bottigliere with gunfire about 20 nautical miles south of Spartivento Sardo, Sardinia, Italy.

1943	United (P 44)	HMS United torpedoes and sinks the French merchant Ste Marguerite one nautical mile south of Capo del Armi.

1943	Unruly (P 49)	HMS Unruly torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Valentino Coda 19 nautical miles off Cape Vaticano, Italy.

1944	Surf (P 239)	HMS Surf lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.

1944	Vivid (P 77)	HMS Vivid attacks the small German merchant Anita with gunfire south-west of Kos, Greece.

1945	Saga (P 257)	Completed

1952	Seneschal (P 255)	HMS Seneschal collides with the Danish frigate Thetis south of the Isle of Wight. The submarine's periscope and radar mast were damaged.

1957	Sidon (P 259)	Expended as an anti-submarine target

1961	Olympus (S 12)	Launched

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X 24 (Expeditious)

Class:	1942 - 1946: X Class
Built By:	Marshall (Tyne)
Build Group:	X
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Preserved as part of the RN submarine Musuem Fort Block house Gosport

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At the age of 14 Fred worked on a Thames sailing barge, then after his training at HMS Ganges, he joined his first ship which took him from the icy Arctic Ocean to the heat of West Africa where the Bismarck and her support ships were hunted.

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