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On This Day - December 18

1914 G 8 (I 0C) Laid Down
1917 L 2 Completed
1918 L 52 Launched
1921 Montclare (F85) 1939 - 1958 Launched
1940 Tuna (N 94) HMS Tuna attacks the Italian submarine Brin with torpedoes and gunfire in the Bay of Biscay about 55 nautical miles east of the Gironde estuary. The Italian submarine escapes unharmed. Later HMS Tuna sinks the French tug Chassiron with gunfire about 25 nautical miles west-south-west of the Gironde estuary.
1941 United (P 44) Launched
1942 Safari (P 211) HMS Safari sinks the Italian sailing vessel Eufrasia with gunfire in the Gulf of Hammamet, Tunisa.
1942 U-565 German submarine U-535 sinks HMS Partridge 50 miles west of Oran.
1942 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Piero Foscari in the Gulf of Gaeta, Italy north-east of Ischia island.
1943 Universal (P 57) HMS Universal torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant La Foce south of Chiavari, Genova, Italy.
1944 Scorcher (P 258) Launched
1944 Turpin (P 354) Completed

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