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On This Day - January 25

1916 E 45 Launched
1917 E 52 Launched
1941 O 23 (Dutch) At 1510 hours, a loud explosion was heard on board the submerged O23. Three minutes later a second loud explosion was heard. It might have been that O23 was attacked by an aircraft. Lt.Cdr. van Erkel took O23 deep.
1942 Ultimatum (P 34) HMS Ultimatum torpedoes and sinks the Italian passenger ship Dalmatia L. south-west of Capo dell'Armi.
1943 Unruffled (P 46) HMS Unruffled torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Teodolinda off Hammamet, Tunisia.
1964 Tanganyika Rifles 45 Royal Marine Commando land at Dar-es-Salaam to suppress the mutiny in Tanganyika Rifles.
1972 Acheron (P 411) Sold to be broken up for scrap on 25 January 1972. Sold to J. Cashmore and scrapped at Newport

Losses Submarine Badges