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On This Day - October 17

1910 D 3 (I 73) Launched
1919 Bonaventure (F139) 1892 - 1920 Paid off
1939 Tribune (N 76) Completed
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse departed Rosyth for her 3rd war patrol. She was ordered to patrol off the south coast of Norway/Skagerrak.
1940 Wolfe (F37) 1920 - 1952 Commissioned as HMS Wolfe (F37)
1941 P 38 Completed
1941 O 24 (Dutch) Landed a party of two to sabotage a railway near Framura, Italy. The party was to return after a few hours but they were captured by the Italians.
1944 Stygian (P 249) HMS Stygian sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire off Penang.
1962 Otus (S 18) Launched
2009 E 18 (I 98) E18 was found close to the Estonian island of Hiiumaa by a Swedish marine survey company, MMT. They were guided by information provided by an Australian descendant of one of the crew. The Swedish survey vessel, the MV Triad, deployed a remote-operated vehicle and obtained the first pictures showing the submarine in remarkably good condition.

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X 8 (Expectant)

Class: 1942 - 1946: X Class
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: X
Fate:
Scuttled en-route to Norway to attack Lutzow on 17 Sept 1943
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