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1905 C 1 (I 31) Laid Down
1905 C 2 (I 32) Laid Down
1915 K 2 Laid Down
1915 K 5 Laid Down
1916 E 50 Launched
1918 H 22 Completed
1923 Arrogant 1886 - 1923 Sold: to Hughes, Bolckow
1940 Shakespeare (P 221) Laid Down
1941 U-81 U-81 torpedoed and sank HMS Ark Royal off Gibraltar.
1941 Tactician (P 314) Laid Down
1942 Safari (P 211) HMS Safari sinks the Italian Bice with gunfire east of Sousa, Tunisia.
1942 Traveller (N 48) HMS Traveller departed Port Said with a cargo of aviation spirit for Malta
1943 Vampire (P 72) Completed
1943 Meteorite (S 94) Laid Down
1944 Thorough (P 324) HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1976 Superb (S 109) Completed
1990 Vigilant (S 30) Contract Announced by Alan Clark, Minister for Defence Procurement
2011 Anson (S 123) Keel laid by Gerald Howarth MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Ministry of Defence

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