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On This Day - March 10

1909	C 25 (I 55)	Launched

1917	G 13 (I 5C)	HMS G13 torpedoed and sank UC-43 off Muckle Flugga Lighthouse, Shetland Islands.

1937	Grampus (N 56)	Completed

1941	Unique (N 95)	HMS Unique torpedoes and sinks the Italian passenger/cargo ship Fenicia about 95 nautical miles north-west of Tripoli, Libya.

1943	Trooper (N 91)	HMS Trooper torpedoes and sinks the Italian tanker Rosario 4 nautical miles off Punta Milazzo.

1943	Taurus (P 339)	HMS Taurus torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Derna off Sete, southern France.

1943	Una (N 87)	HMS Una torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Cosala 7 nautical miles off Punta Stilo, Italy.

1943	Unbending (P 37)	HMS Unbending torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Carlo Margottini off Gravosa, Croatia.

1945	Supreme (P 252)	HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

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Featured Boat

C 31 (I 61)

Class:	1903 - 1906: C Class
Built By:	Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group:	C1
Fate:
Submarine C31 was sent to the area off Zeebrugge in Belgium for a two-day patrol on the 4th January 1915 with orders to report at Harwich on the 7th. Nothing more was heard from C31 and on the 10th and 11th January two destroyers (Lurcher and Firedrake) attempted to find out what had happened but were thwarted by the stormy weather prevailing. It was thought that the submarine had been sunk by enemy patrol craft but it may well have been mined. The date of the loss of C31 is accepted as being Thursday 7th January 1915.

The Full Story of the 'Battle' of the Isle of May Island. As they approached navigational confusion broke out, caused by the misinterpretation of ship's steaming lights and mayhem followed.

During the next couple of hours five collisions occurred involving eight ships and resulting in the death of 105 officers and ratings. This fiasco and the resulting naval investigation and court marshal were shielded from the general public and kept in secret files until the full details were released in 1994.

From this official report, the author now tells the full story of that dreadful night and the proceedings that followed. Background information on the evolution of the ill-fated and much hated K Class submarines is also included together with the investigation and court marshal proceedings of the events surrounding that tragic night.

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