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On This Day - August 22

1914 D 5 (I 75) Attacked and fired two torpedoes at the German Cruiser Rostock, no damage was caused.
1916 E 16 (I 96) E16 was last sighted thirty-five miles east of Yarmouth by HMS E38. E38 later observed a group of warships moving north, in the vicinity of Terschelling,

Splashes were seen near to one of the warships which may have been depth charges exploding. Reports of enemy vessels attacking a periscope on the 22nd August may have been against E16.
1916 G 9 (I 1C) Completed
1929 Pandora (N 42) Launched
1935 V 1 (USSR) Laid Down
1941 Trident (N 52) HMS Trident torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Ostpreuaen in the Kvaenangenfjord, Norway.
1941 Upholder (N 99) HMS Upholder torpedoes and sinks the German transport Lussin about 2 nautical miles north-west of Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy.
1941 P 48 Laid Down
1944 Satyr (P 214) HMS Satyr fires six torpedoes against a German convoy off Egersund, Norway. All torpedoes fired missed their targets.
1944 Statesman (P 246) HMS Statesman torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Sugi Maru No.5 off Port Blair, Andaman Islands.
1944 Tally-Ho (P 317) HMS Tally-Ho sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1944 Tudor (P 326) HMS Tudor sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire north of Sumatra.
2003 Splendid (S 106) HMS Splendid paid off at Devonport
2025 Agamemnon (S 124) King Charles visited the BAE Systems shipyard to read the Commissioning Warrant at a formal ceremony to mark HMS Agamemnon entering operational service
2025 King George VI (S 129) Mr Healey, the Defence Secretary, conducted a steel-cutting ceremony