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On This Day - September 14

1914 HMAS AE1 HMAS AE1 struck an uncharted reef and sank 14 September 1914
1918 H 29 Completed
1931 Seahorse (S 98) Laid Down
1932 Thames (N 71) Completed
1939 Seal (N 37) HMS Seal ended her 1st war patrol at Aden.
1941 Thunderbolt (N 25) HMS Thunderbolt fires three torpedoes against the German merchant Tinos about 30 nautical miles north-west of Benghazi, Libya. All torpedoes missed.
1942 Sahib (P 212) HMS Sahib sinks an Italian sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sardinia.
1942 P 553 Transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS P553
1943 Upstart (P 65) HMS Upstart sinks the French fishing vessels Grotte de Bethlehem and Torpille in the Bay of Biscay.
1943 Statesman (P 246) Launched
1944 Spirit (P 245) HMS Spirit sinks three Siamese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
1945 Sturgeon (N 73) / Zeehond (Dutch) Decommissioned and returned to Royal Navy,
1962 Thule (P 325) Scrapped at Inverkeithing.
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