Events
On This Day - February 6
1915 | E 12 (I 92) | Left Harwich for a patrol off the western Ems, but poor weather made her end her patrol early. |
1924 | Artifex (F28) 1924 - 1961 | Launched |
1944 | Taurus (P 339) | HMS Taurus sinks a Japanese tugboat and a barge with gunfire south-west of Sumatra. |
1945 | Statesman (P 246) | HMS Statesman sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire in the Malakka Strait. |
1945 | Alderney (P 416) | Laid Down |
1952 | King George VI | King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II |