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On This Day - October 9

1894 Hebe 1882 - 1919 Completed
1940 Regent (N 41) HMS Regent torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Antonietta Costa about 20 nautical miles west of Durazzo, Albania.
1940 O 23 (Dutch) Grounded at 70 feet. She immediately surfaced and it was noticed that she was much nearer to the coast than thought due to the current. She dived again and remained close inshore during the day. No major damage was caused to the submarine.
1941 Untamed / Vitality (P 58) Laid Down
1942 Unbending (P 37) HMS Unbending torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Alga near Djerba, Tunisia.
1942 Traveller (N 48) HMS Traveller attacks the Italian tanker Proserpina that is escorted by the Italian torpedo boats Castore and Ciclone, with four torpedoes west of Crete. None of the torpedoes fired hit the target.
1943 Stratagem (P 234) Completed
1944 Sturdy (P 248) HMS Sturdy sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Boni, Celebes, Netherlands East Indies.
1944 Virtue (P 75) HMS Virtue sinks the Greek sailing vessel Aghios Matthaios with gunfire west of Cape Stavros, Crete.
2000 Unseen (S 41) HMCS Victoria (ex-HMS Unseen) departed UK for Canada

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