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On This Day - September 16

1916 E 36 Launched
1939 Triad (N 53) Completed
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse departed Dundee for her 2nd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the south-west coast of Norway.
1940 H 49 HMS H 49 fired 4 torpedoes at a large, 16 ship, convoy and 8 bunched ships were fired at without success.
1942 Sahib (P 212) HMS Sahib sinks an Italian sailing vessel with gunfire west of Sardinia.
1943 X 9 (Pluto) On 11th September 1943 X9 left Loch Cairnbawn under tow from HMS Syrtis to take part in the attack on the Scharnhorst. During the passage the Syrtis remained on the surface, whilst the x-craft, manned by a passage crew, remained dived. The midget submarine was due to surface at regular intervals to ventilate. On the 16th Syrtis made the signal for the x-craft to surface. There was no reply. At this point the tow was hauled in and was found to have parted and despite an extensive search, no sign of X9 was ever found.
1944 Tradewind (P 329) HMS Tradewind sinks two small Japanese vessels with scuttling charges off the Sunda Strait.
1944 Trenchant (P 331) HMS Trenchant lays mines in the the Straits of Malacca.
1958 Ausonia (F53) 1921 - 1965 Commissioned at Devomport to relieve HMS Ranpura after 12 months in reserve

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Tigris (N 63)

Class: 1935 - 1970: T Class
Built By: Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group: T 1
Fate:
27 February 1943 - Probably depth charged off Capri by German UJ2210
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His yard has almost completed two submarines and the Nazis are anxious to have them finished and fully operational. They offer to reinstate him if he agrees, which he does.

But what the Nazis do not know is that he is planning to double cross them and take the ships to England, if he can. Starring Ralph Richardson, Googie Withers and Esmond Knight.

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