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On This Day - May 19

1928 Osiris (N 67) Launched
1941 Unbeaten (N 93) HMS Unbeaten attacks the Italian merchant Silvio Scaroni off Tagiura, Libya with a spread of 4 torpedoes that miss the target.
1942 Thrasher (N 37) HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Penelope about 5 nautical miles north-west of Monopoli, Italy.
1943 Sportsman (P 229) HMS Sportsman torpedoes and sinks the French passenger ship General Bonaparte off Nice, southern France.
1943 Unbroken (P 42) HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian pilot vessel F 20/Enrica 3 nautical miles off Pizzo Calabro.
1943 O 24 (Dutch) Attacked a Japanese merchant vessel with four torpedoes off the north coast of Sumatra. All torpedoes fired missed the target.
1945 Terrapin (P 323) Survived a depth charge attack in the Pacific by Japanese surface craft
1945 Scythian (P 237) HMS Scythian sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1950 Sidon (P 259) Completed refit at Sheerness.

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