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On This Day - December 10

1913 C 14 (I 44) Sank off Plymouth Sound after collision with Hopper

On the evening of the 10th of December HMS C14, en route to Plymouth, when she collided with Government Hopper No 27 in Plymouth Sound. The submarine immediately began to take in large amounts of water and began sinking by the stern.

The collision took place within sight of land from where help soon arrived and although the submarine sank within ten minutes, there were no casualties.

This was the seventh occasion on which a British submarine had been sunk in an accident, but the first on which there was no loss of life.

HMS C14 was later salvaged and returned to active service.
1914 Ambrose (F08) 1903 - 1946 Commisioned
1917 UB-75 UB-75 mined and sunk off Flamborough Head
1939 Undine (N 48) HMS Undine ended her 3rd war patrol at Blyth.
1942 Surf (P 239) Launched
1944 Shalimar (P 242) HMS Shalimar sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1944 Porpoise (N 14) HMS Porpoise sinks a small Japanese sailing vessel in the Strait of Malacca.
1946 Alderney (P 416) Completed
1963 Warspite (S 103) Laid Down
2010 Sceptre (S 104) Decommissioned. Last of the class to pay off.
2015 Artful (S 121) The third of the Astute Class attack submarines, Artful, was officially been handed over to the Royal Navy.

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