Events
On This Day - March 2
1893 | Royal Arthur 1891 - 1921 | Commissioned |
1917 | J 3 | Laid Down |
1917 | H 21 | Laid Down |
1917 | H 26 | Laid Down |
1918 | H 5 | The steamer Rutherglen sighted a submarine, which crossed its bows at considerable speed. Believing the submarine to be a U-boat Rutherglen rammed the vessel. Cries were heard in the water and a strong smell of petrol was also present. Nothing more was heard from H5 and it is believed that she was Rutherglen's victim. |
1942 | Turbulent (N 98) | HMS Turbulent sinks the Greek sailing vessels Prodromos and Aghios Apostolos with gunfire in Saloniki Bay. |
1943 | Taurus (P 339) | HMS Taurus sinks the small French merchant Clairette with gunfire off Cape Ferrat, southern France. |
1943 | U-581 | U-581 sunk by HMS Westcott Southwest of the Azores. |
1944 | Venturer (P 68) | 2 Mar, 1944 - Torpedoed and sank the German merchant Thor off Stadlandet, Norway. |
1945 | Terrapin (P 323) | HMS Terrapin sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca. |
1945 | Clyde (N 12) | HMS Clyde sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with scuttling charges of the west coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. |