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On This Day - December 16

1912 E 12 (I 92) Laid Down
1912 E 13 (I 93) Laid Down
1916 K 5 Launched
1919 H 52 Completed
1940 Tribune (N 76) HMS Tribune attacks the German tanker Karibisches Meer in the Bay of Biscay east of Ile de Yeu, France. All torpedoes missed.
1940 Truant (N 68) HMS Truant torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Bonzo east of Punta Stilo.
1942 P 52 / Dzik (Polish) Commissioned
1944 Stoic (P 231) HMS Stoic torpedoes and sinks the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Shoei Maru west of Sunda Strait.
1944 Thule (P 325) HMS Thule lays 12 mines off Terutan Island.
1957 Thorough (P 324) HMS Thorough returns to Dolphin after completing the first circumnavigation by a submarine.
2004 Vanguard (S 28) HMS Vanguard begins post-refit sea trials at Devonport
2010 Ambush (S 120) Launched

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