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On This Day - November 9

1907 C 13 (I 43) Launched
1909 C 19 (I 49) Completed
1911 E 1 (I 81) Launched
1916 E 40 Launched
1922 P 556 Launched
1938 Triton (N 15) Completed
1939 Seahorse (S 98) HMS Seahorse departed Rosyth for Blyth.
1941 Upholder (N 99) HMS Upholder torpedoed and sank the Italian destroyer Libeccio east of Siracusa, Sicily.
1941 Olympus (N 35) HMS Olympus attacks the Italian merchant Mauro Croce with torpedoes and gunfire in the Gulf of Genoa. The target escaped without damage.
1942 Saracen (P 247) HMS Saracen torpedoes and sinks the Italian submarine Granito near Capo San Vito, Sicily, Italy.
1942 Vampire (P 72) Laid Down
1971 Conqueror (S 48) Completed

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Votary (P 29)

Class: 1941 - 1958: V Class
Built By: Vickers (Tyne)
Build Group: V2
Fate:
Transferred to the Norwegian Navy as Uthaug in 1946.
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