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1908 C 28 (I 58) Laid Down
1917 K 8 Completed
1917 H 22 Laid Down
1942 Thunderbolt (N 25) HMS Thunderbolt attacks the German submarine U-431 south-west of Crete. The German submarine escapes unharmed.
1943 Taurus (P 339) HMS Taurus torpedoes and sinks the Spanish merchant Bartolo off Marseille, southern France.
1944 Sea Rover (P 218) HMS Sea Rover sinks a small Japanese vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1945 XE 11 (Lucifer) XE11 was lost while exercising in Loch Striven when she collided with a boom defence vessel that was laying buoys.
1945 Supreme (P 252) HMS Supreme sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire of the east coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies.

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Alderney (P 416)

Class: 1943 - 1977: Amphion Class
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: Amphion
Fate:
Scrapped August 1972.
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