Events
On This Day - December 2
| 1892 | Bonaventure (F139) 1892 - 1920 | Launched |
| 1937 | Cachalot (N 84) | Launched |
| 1939 | Cachalot (N 84) | Cachalot & Seal departed Halifax as convoy escorts |
| 1939 | Undaunted (N 55) | Laid Down |
| 1941 | Turbulent (N 98) | Completed |
| 1942 | Umbra (P 35) | HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Sacro Cuore about 15 nautical miles east of Mahdia, Tunisia. |
| 1943 | Unruly (P 49) | HMS Unruly sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire of Levitha island, Greece. |
| 1943 | Unsparing (P 55) | HMS Unsparing sinks a Greek sailing vessel with gunfire south of Levitha island, Greece. |
| 1944 | Sturdy (P 248) | HMS Sturdy sinks the Japanese Communication Vessel No.142 with gunfire in Makassar Strait. |
| 1944 | Sturdy (P 248) | One member of the crew was lost. He was: Leading Telegraphist Ronald Hiett P/JX 166741. Ronald Hiett was born in Portsmouth on 14th February 1923 and he was the son of George Edward Hiett (a printer) and Lucy Hiett. It is not established when he joined the Royal Navy or Submarines. On 2nd December 1944 he was a lookout when a Japanese communications vessel was attacked and sunk with demolition charges in the Makassar Straits. After diving Ronald Hiett was found to be missing. Despite resurfacing and searching he could not be found. Twenty-one-year-old Ronald Hiett of 36, Boston Road, Wymering, Portsmouth is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval War Memorial on Panel No. 84 Column No. 2. |
| 1968 | HMCS Rainbow | HMCS Rainbow (ex-USS Argonaut) commissioned New London CT. Built by Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth NH. |
| 1986 | Upholder (S 40) | Launched |
| 2000 | Unseen (S 41) | HMCS Victoria commissioned Halifax NS |
