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On This Day - February 21

1779 Capt James Cook The remains of Captain James Cook (1728-1779) buried at sea.
1902 No 2 Launched
1906 B 11 (I 00) Launched
1916 E 44 Launched
1917 J 7 Launched
1919 H 31 Completed
1941 Regent (N 41) HMS Regent torpedoes and damages the German merchant Menes about 55 nautical miles north-north-west of Tripoli, Libya. Following this attack Regent is damaged by depth-charges from the Italian destroyer Saetta.
1942 Unruffled (P 46) HMS Unruffled torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Baalbeck about 18 nautical miles east-south-east of Cape Bon, Tunisia.
1943 Scythian (P 237) Laid Down
1943 O 24 (Dutch) Sank the Japanese coaster Bandai Maru with gunfire west of Phuket Island.
1944 Tally-Ho (P 317) HMS Tally-Ho torpedoes and sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Daigen Maru No.6 in the Strait of Malacca.
1945 Subtle (P 251) HMS Subtle sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
2003 Ursula (S 42) HMCS Corner Brook (Ex HMS Ursula) delivered
2017 Trenchant (S 91) HMS Trenchant re-joined the operational fleet. The Plymouth-based boat was alongside in Devonport Naval Base while her engineers were busy finishing the final stages of a maintenance period.

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