| 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. |
H 4 |
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| Class: | 1917 - 1945: H Class |
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| Build Group: | H1 |
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Fate: Foundered in the English channel Sept 3 1918 while under tow to be scrapped. She was salvaged and used as a target the following year. |
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It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
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H 4 |
|
| Class: | 1917 - 1945: H Class |
| Built By: | |
| Build Group: | H1 |
|
Fate: Foundered in the English channel Sept 3 1918 while under tow to be scrapped. She was salvaged and used as a target the following year. |
|
It was the Italians who pioneered the use of two-man human torpedoes or 'chariots', and their attacks on ships of the Royal Navy in Alexandria Harbour in 1941 caused Winston Churchill to write to the Chief of Staffs committee to enquire what was being done to emulate these daring attacks.
The result was the development of British 'chariots' which were regarded as stop-gaps until the X-Craft or midget submarines could be deployed.
20 pages added or updated in the last 2 month
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