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On This Day - May 16

1908 D 1 (I 71) Launched
1911 E 4 (I 84) Laid Down
1917 L 52 Laid Down
1933 Sealion (N 72) Laid Down
1940 Porpoise (N 14) HMS Porpoise lays minefield FD 11 (48 mines) off Kalvag, Norway.
1940 O 9 (Dutch) Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O10, HrMs O23 and HrMs O24.
1940 O 10 (Dutch) Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O9, HrMs O23 and HrMs O24.
1940 O 23 (Dutch) Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O9, HrMs O10, HrMs O23 and HrMs O24.
1940 O 24 (Dutch) Arrived at Portsmouth along with HrMs O9, HrMs O10 and HrMs O23
1943 Unruly (P 49) HMS Unruly torpedoed & damaged the Italian merchant Nicolo Tommaseo
1945 Statesman (P 246) HMS Statesman torpedoes and sinks the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro.

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines