Events
On This Day - June 27
1918 | L 11 | Completed |
1922 | P 555 | Launched |
1940 | Orpheus (N 46) | Declared overdue. The likely cause of her loss with all hands is that she was mined off Benghazi. |
1941 | Triumph (N 18) | HMS Triumph on patrol off the Egyptian coast sinks the Italian submarine Salpa |
1942 | Saracen (P 247) | Completed |
1942 | Taurus (P 339) | Launched |
1943 | Trident (N 52) | HMS Trident sinks a sailing vessel with gunfire north of Crete. |
1943 | Osiris (N 67) | HMS Osiris sinks the Italian sailing vessel Vittorina with gunfire north of Crete. |
1944 | Sea Rover (P 218) | HMS Sea Rover sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off Penang. |
1944 | Truculent (P 315) | HMS Truculent sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Malacca Strait. |
1944 | Ultor (P 53) | While on patrol off Nizza, southern France HMS Ultor torpedoes and sinks the German tankers Felix 1 and Tempo 3. |
1945 | Thermopylae (P 355) | Launched |
1952 | Sidon (P 259) | Refit completed HMS Sidon re-commissioned into the 2nd Submarine Squadron, based at Portland for submarine and anti-submarine training In "A Submariner's story" commissioning engineer officer Joel C E Blamey tells how the first trial dive out of the yard ended up with Sidon plunging down with a severe bow down angle striking the shingle bottom at 158 feet. A dockyard modification had caused a complete loss of the telemotor pressure resulting in the loss of control of the main vents and hydroplanes and other equipment. While quite frightening no serious damage was done. |