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1901 No 1 Launched
1913 E 7 (I 87) Launched
1917 Nautilus (N 1) Completed
1933 Seahorse (S 98) Completed
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse ended her 2nd war patrol at Dundee.
1939 Sterlet (N 22) Departed for 2nd war patrol off Stadlandet in Norway
1941 Sunfish (N 81) / V1 (USSR) Damaged by a near miss from 500lb bomb in the River Tyne. Repaired at Portsmouth during 1942-1943.
1941 Urge (N 17) On 2nd Oct 1941 an unsuccessful attack was made on an Italian Submarine of 600 tons in position 38`43'N 12`52'E.
1941 Surf (P 239) Laid Down
1942 Safari (P 211) HMS Safari attacks and damages the Italian merchant Veglia off Korcula, Croatia. The damaged ship is later salvaged but delared a total loss.
1944 Unswerving (P 63) HMS Unswerving fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary minelayer Zeus about 6 nautical miles south-south-east of Cape Kassandra, Greece.
1944 Spearhead (P 263) Launched
1944 Vox (P 67) / Curie (French) Whilst serving with the Free French Navy, torpedoed and sank the German merchant Zar Ferdinand north-west of Skiathos Island, Greece.
1969 HMCS Grilse HMCS Grilse paid off & returned to USN

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Class: 1927 - 1946: Parthian Class
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Lost after a collision with SS Yuta off Wei-Hai-Wei in the Gulf of Korea 9th June 1931.
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