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On This Day - July 3

1920 Wolfe (F37) 1920 - 1952 Launched
1940 Snapper (N 39) HMS Snapper torpedoes and sinks the Norwegian merchant Cygnus west of Hadryet, Norway.
1940 Sealion (N 72) HMS Sealion fires 6 torpedoes against a German convoy off the Boknafjord, Norway. None of the torpedoes found it's target and Sealion was heavily depth charged following this failed attack.
1941 Upholder (N 99) HMS Upholder torpedoes in sinks the Italian merchant Laura C off Saline Ioniche, Calabria
1942 Truant (N 68) HMS Truant torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Tamon Maru No.1 in the Strait of Malacca.
1943 Trident (N 52) HMS Trident torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Vesta west of Leros, Greece.
1943 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual lays 21 mines in the Skiathos Channel.
1944 Ultimatum (P 34) HMS Ultimatum fires two torpedoes at the German auxilary patrol vessel Uj 6073/Nimeth Allah off Toulon, southern France. The torpedoes miss the target.
1944 Unruly (P 49) HMS Unruly fires three torpedoes at the German merchants Erpel and Pelikan north-east of Mykonos. The torpedoes miss.
1944 Vox (P 73) HMS Vox sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire off Monemvassia, Greece.
1945 Selene (P 254) HMS Selene damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.

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