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On This Day - January 5

1909 Vulcan 1889 - 1955 Recommissioned as Depot Ship at Chatham
1942 Upholder (N 99) Italian submarine R.Smg. Ammiraglio Saint Bon is sunk by a torpedo from submarine HMS Upholder north of Milazzo, Sicily. The Italian submarine is enroute to Libya carrying 155 tons of gasoline and ammunition. The torpedo hits on the starboard side causing the gasoline to explode. There are only three survivors
1942 Unique (N 95) HMS Unique attacks the Italian battleship Littorio with torpedoes in the Gulf of Taranto but miss the target.
1951 Lucia (F27) 1907 - 1951 Scrapped in La Spezia, Italy

Losses Submarine Badges