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On This Day - October 31

1905 B 3 (I 23) Launched
1912 Maidstone 1912 - 1929 Commissioned
1917 K 15 Launched
1924 L 23 Completed
1931 Wilk (N 64) (Dutch) Commissioned into the Polish Navy
1939 Tigris (N 63) Launched
1939 Truant (N 68) Completed
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse ended her 3rd war patrol at Rosyth.
1940 Upholder (N 99) Completed
1941 Truant (N 68) HMS Truant torpedoes sinks the Italian tanker Meteor 2 nautical miles south-east of Punta Penna, Ortona, Italy.
1941 USS Reuben James U-552 sinks USS Reuben James (DD-245) escorting Convoy HX 156, loss of 115 lives. First US ship lost to enemy action in WWII.
1942 Taku (N 38) HMS Taku fires four torpedoes against the Italian tanker Cerere about 10 nautical miles south of Cape Sounio, Greece. All torpedoes fired missed their target.
1943 Unsparing (P 55) HMS Unsparing damages a sailing vessel with gunfire south of Cape Koraxas, Amorgos Island, Greece.
1943 O 24 (Dutch) Attacked a Japanese merchant vessel of 4000-5000 tons off the northeast coast of Sumatra. Four torpedoes were fired but the target was able to evade the torpedoes.
1944 Stoic (P 231) HMS Stoic sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the north-east tip of Java, Netherlands East Indies. She also bombards warehouses and fuel tanks at Jangka Island.
1949 Artful (P 456) Commenced refit in Portsmouth Dockyard. On completion of the refit in early July 1950 HMS ARTFUL joined the 3rd Submarine Flotilla.

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