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On This Day - November 15

1911 Fearless 1912 - 1921 Laid down
1917 H 26 Launched
1918 H 51 Launched
1932 Seahorse (S 98) Launched
1939 Olympus (N 35) Carried out an unsuccessful pursuit of the Graf Spee which had sunk the Africa Shell in the Mozambique Channel
1943 Sibyl (P 217) HMS Sibyl sinks the Greek sailing vessel Trias with gunfire off Mitylene, Greece.
1943 Sportsman (P 229) HMS Sportsman sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire between Naxos and Mykonos, Greece.
1943 Sentinel (P 256) Laid Down
1944 XE 9 (Unexpected) Completed
1959 Submarine Memorial The Submarine War Memorial on the Thames Embankment which includes losses from both World Wars was unveiled by Rear Admiral B W Taylor.
1968 Renown (S 26) Completed
2009 Astute (S 119) Departed Barrow for Sea Trials

The nuclear powered first of class submarine set off from the Barrow docks at around 9.30am. She past Piel Island at around 10.10am heading to Faslane, Scotland.

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