Events
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 |