Events
On This Day - October 3
| 1906 | C 3 (I 33) | Launched |
| 1915 | E 26 | Completed |
| 1918 | L 10 | Submarine L10 was sunk (with all hands) on the morning of 3rd October 1918 by gunfire from the German Destroyer S33. Lieutenant Commander Whitehouse made a torpedo attack on the German Destroyer S33 as it was engaged in trying to rescue survivors of its sister ship, the Destroyer S34, which had run into a minefield. In making his attack on S33 Lieutenant Commander Whitehouse inadvertently allowed the submarine's conning tower to broach the surface. This was sighted by S33, which then made its successful gun attack resulting in the loss of Submarine L10. L10's attack on S33 was eventually successful as the destroyer was so badly damaged that she had to be sunk by other German forces. |
| 1929 | Phoenix (N 96) | Launched |
| 1941 | Talisman (N 78) | HMS Talisman destroyes the wreck of the German merchant Yalova that is grounded at Agios Giorgios Island. |
| 1942 | Una (N 87) | HMS Una fires torpedoes against a merchant in Lampedusa harbour but torpedoes hit the rocks. |
| 1942 | Porpoise (N 14) | HMS Porpoise lays a minefield (46 mines) west of Tobruk, Libya. |
| 1943 | X 10 (Excalibur) | On 12th September X10 departed Loch Cairnbawn under tow from HMS Sceptre to take part in the attack on the Scharnhorst. At the appointed time the operational crew took over from the passage crew and proceeded to where the Scharnhorst lay at anchor. A fire in the periscope motor prevented the X-craft from pressing home the attack and she had to withdraw and was taken undertow by HMS Stubborn on 28th September. On 3rd October the tow parted and only with great difficulty was the submarine brought back under control. That evening Stubborn received a gale warning and the order to scuttle X10 at the captains discretion. This was duly done and Stubborn returned to Lerwick. |
| 1943 | Unruffled (P 46) | HMS Unruffled attacks the small German minesweeper R 212 with torpedoes off Bastia, Corsica, France nut misses. |
| 1943 | Unshaken (P 54) | HMS Unshaken fires three torpedoes against the Italian merchant Nina off Elba Island. None of the torpedoes fired hit the target. |
| 1943 | Unswerving (P 63) | Completed |
| 1944 | Unswerving (P 63) | HMS Unswerving torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Bertha about 40 nautical miles north of Skiathos Island, Greece. |
| 1944 | Vox (P 67) / Curie (French) | Whilst serving with the Free French Navy, torpedoed and sank the German guard boat GM 03/Netzleger XII off Skiathos Island, Greece. |
| 1960 | Anchorite (P 422) | Anchorite was damaged striking an uncharted rock now known as Anchorite rock in the Gulf of Auraki, New Zealand. |
| 1967 | Resolution (S 22) | Completed |
