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On This Day - May 21

1902 No 5 Launched
1915 K 3 Laid Down
1941 Urge (N 17) An attack was made on two Italian Cruisers escorted by three destroyers and a torpedo boat in position 35`30'N 12`25'E both of the Cruisers were missed however the 1,200 ton Destroyer CURTATONE,which was one of the escorts was sunk.
1942 Unshaken (P 54) Completed
1943 Sickle (P 224) HMS Sickle attacked U-755 but missed. Sickle then torpedoed & sank U-303 south of Toulon
1943 Unbroken (P 42) HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Bologna 8 nautical miles off Capo Vaticano.
1943 Variance (P 85) Laid Down
1943 Vineyard (P 84) / Doris (French) Laid Down
1944 Upstart (P 65) HMS Upstart torpedoes and sinks the German merchant Tolentino half a mile east of Port Vendres, southern France.
1968 USS Scorpion The nuclear-powered US submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, was last heard from. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles SW of the Azores)
1998 HMCS Ojibwa HMCS Ojibwa was paid off to alongside training

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