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On This Day - March 22

1916 H 8 H8 struck a stray British mine while dived on patrol off the Dutch coast. Though badly damaged forward, the captain and crew managed to surface the boat and made a safe passage overnight to base at Harwich.
1921 Ausonia (F53) 1921 - 1965 Launched
1924 Oberon (N 21) Laid Down
1942 P 36 Carried out an attack on Italian Navy units which had put to sea from Taranto.
1943 Tribune (N 76) HMS Tribune torpedoes and damages the German tanker President Herrenschmidt about 10 nautical miles north-west of Cape Suvero.
1943 Unbroken (P 42) HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 17/Milano off Cape San Vito, Sicily, Italy.
1943 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual lays 50 mines off Trapani, Sicily, Italy.
1944 Syrtis (P 241) HMS Syrtis sank Norwegian SS Narvik near Sleipnesodden, Helgeland with gunfire
1944 Stonehenge (P 232) HMS Stonehenge sailed from Trincomalee, Ceylon and arrived in patrol area between northern Sumatra and the Nicobar Islands on 25 February 1944. She was reported overdue on 22 March 1944. The cause of loss is unknown. Lost with all hands
1945 Selene (P 254) HMS Selene sinks three Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire north-east of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.
1983 Trenchant (S 91) Ordered from Vickers, Barrow

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