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On This Day - April 9

1915 G 13 (I 5C) Laid Down
1918 R 12 Launched
1918 L 16 Launched
1940 Sunfish (N 81) / V1 (USSR) HMS Sunfish torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Amasis in the Kattegat.
1940 Thistle (N 24) HMS Thistle missed the German submarine U-4 with a spread of four torpedoes southwest off Stavanger, Norway
1940 Truant (N 68) HMS Truant torpedoes and damages the German light cruiser Karlsruhe off Kristiansand, Norway.
1942 Torbay (N 79) HMS Torbay sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel R 113/Avanguardista with gunfire off Patras, Greece.
1942 Thrasher (N 37) HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Gala about 20 nautical miles west-south-west of Bengasi, Libya.
1942 Unruffled (P 46) Completed
1943 Safari (P 211) HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 295/Bella Italia with gunfire off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy.
1943 Trident (N 52) HMS Trident fires two torpedoes against an Italian submarine off Corsica. Both torpedoes missed their target,
1943 Stoic (P 231) Launched
1943 Tiara (P 351) Laid Down

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