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On This Day - July 31

1916 J 6 Completed
1942 Traveller (N 48) While operating in the Adriatic HMS Traveller fires 6 torpedoes at the Italian gunboat Cattaro. The torpedoes however missed their target.
1943 Unsparing (P 55) HMS Unsparing torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Flegetonte off Bari, Italy.
1943 Terrapin (P 323) Launched
1943 O 24 (Dutch) Shelled in error by the American merchant Point Clear South of Ceylon. No damage was sustained.
1945 XE 3 (Sigyn) XE-3 made a successful attack on a Japanese heavy cruiser of the Atago class at her moorings in Johore Strait, Singapore, on 31st July, 1945 for which a VC was awarded.

Leading Seaman Magennis served as Diver in XE-3 during the same attack and was also awarded the VC.
1945 Tiptoe (P 332) HMS Tiptoe damages a Japanese coaster with gunfire off the Sunda Strait.
1946 Aeneas (P 427) Completed

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines