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On This Day - January 23

1905 A 8 (I 18) Launched
1906 B 8 (I 28) Launched
1917 E 50 Completed
1918 H 50 Laid Down
1920 L 71 Completed
1940 Seal (N 37) HMS Seal ended her 6th war patrol at Rosyth.
1942 Triumph (N 18) Lost with all hands. Presumed mined off the island of Milo, southeast of the Greek mainland.

She had earlier struck a mine in December 1940 but miraculously survived. There were no miracles the second time.
1943 Unbending (P 37) HMS Unbending torpedoes and damages the Italian passenger/cargo ship Viminale and sinks the Italian tug Luni south-east of Capo dell' Armi, Italy.
1943 Unruffled (P 46) HMS Unruffled sinks the Italian sailing vessel Amabile Carolina off Hammamet, Tunisia.
1943 Vox (P 67) / Curie (French) Launched
1945 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual lays 12 mines from her torpedo tubes (minefield ML 027) off the Andaman Islands.
1960 Trieste Bathyscaph Trieste descends to deepest part of the ocean, Marianas Trench
1968 Maidstone (F44) 1937 - 1978 Sailed to join reserve at Plymouth

Losses Submarine Badges