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On This Day - June 2

1940 Dunkirk Dunkirk town is held despite the shrinking of the perimeter. Evacuation at night results in 26,256 men evacuated. The last of the British troops are evacuated.

There remain plenty of ships, but the 60,000 French troops have no evacuation orders.
1942 Turbulent (N 98) HMS Turbulent twice attacks the German submarine U-81. All 7 torpedoes miss the target.
1942 Montclare (F85) 1939 - 1958 Sold to the Admiralty for conversion to a submarine depot ship
1942 Traveller (N 48) HMS Traveller conducted exercises off Gibraltar together with P42 and P43
1943 Tantalus (P 318) Completed
1943 Unswerving (P 63) Launched
1944 Tantalus (P 318) HMS Tantalus lays mines in the Strait of Malacca.
1944 Ultor (P 53) HMS Ultor sinks the German patrol vessel SG-11 north of Port Vendres, southern France.
1944 Vulpine (P 79) Completed
1945 Trident (N 52) HMS Trident sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with demoliotion charges in the Strait of Malacca.

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