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On This Day - February 18

1871 Barrow Shipbuilding On the 18th February 1871, the Barrow Shipbuilding Company was registered as a company and began trading.
1941 Unique (N 95) Arrived Malta, commanded by Lt. A.F. Collett.
1943 Sahib (P 212) HMS Sahib sinks the Italian sailing vessel Francesco Padre with gunfire off Cape Orlando.
1943 Thunderbolt (N 25) HMS Thunderbolt damages the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel F 95/San Giorgio with gunfire north-west of Pola.
1943 Sea Rover (P 218) Launched
1944 Trespasser (P 312) HMS Trespasser torpedoes and damages the Japanese auxiliary gunboat Eifuku Maru off Burma.
1945 Thorough (P 324) HMS Thorough sinks five Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire of the west coast of Siam.
1945 Spur (P 265) Completed
1946 Alaric (P 441) Launched

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