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1877 Cormorant 1877 - 1889 Launched
1911 E 6 (I 86) Laid Down
1917 D 8 (I 78) Sank U45
1939 Seal (N 37) HMS Seal briefly put into Perim harbour. She departed later the same day to resume her patrol.
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse moved from Rosyth to Dundee.
1942 Sahib (P 212) HMS Sahib sinks the Italian sailing vessel Ina S. with gunfire and demolition charges 8 miles of Isola Rossa, Sardinia, Italy.
1942 Truculent (P 315) Launched
1944 Virtue (P 75) HMS Virtue fires three torpedoes against an auxiliary patrol vessel north-west of Psathoura Island, Greece. The torpedoes miss.
1945 Sibyl (P 217) HMS Sibyl was the first British submarine to surface in Singapore harbour at the surrender of the Japanese.
1998 HMCS Okanagan HMCS Okanagan paid off

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Spiteful (P 227)

Class: 1935 - 1970: Improved S Class
Built By: Scotts (Clyde)
Build Group: S3
Fate:
Scrapped 15th July 1963.
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