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On This Day - January 12

1909	C 32 (I 62)	Laid Down

1922	HMS Victory	HMS Victory was taken out of service afloat, entering Number 2 Dock in Portsmouth, the world's oldest drydock

1935	Severn (N 57)	Completed

1937	Trident (N 52)	Laid Down

1942	Unbeaten (N 93)	HMS Unbeaten torpedoes and sinks the German submarine U-374 south-west of Cape Spartivento, Calabria, Italy.

1943	Unshaken (P 54)	HMS Unshaken attacks the Italian merchant Campania north-west of Marettimo Island, Italy. All torpedoes missed.

1943	X 7 (Pdinicchthys)	Completed

1944	Unruly (P 49)	HMS Unruly sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire north of Syros Island, Greece.

1950	Truculent (P 315)	HMS Truculent sank with the loss of 64 lives On 12th January 1950 HMS Truculent sailed from Chatham to carry out trials, having just completed a refit; in addition to her normal compliment she was carrying an additional 18 dockyard workers. The trials complete she set a course for Sheerness, which would take her through the Thames Estuary hat night. At 7 o'clock a ship showing three lights appeared ahead in the channel. It was decided that the ship must be stationary and as Truculent could not pass to the starboard side without running aground, the order was given to turn to port. At once the situation became clear as the cargo ship Divina came out of the darkness: the extra light indicated that she was carrying explosives. A collision was unavoidable. The two vessels remained locked together for a few seconds before the submarine sank.

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Acheron (P 411)

Class:	1943 - 1977: Amphion Class
Built By:	Chatham Dockyard (Medway)
Build Group:	Amphion
Fate:
Scrapped in 1972 at the yard of J Cashmore of Newport

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