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On This Day - June 5

1908 C 16 (I 46) Completed
1915 H 4 Completed
1915 E 9 (I 89) Attacked a group of ships which had stopped to take on coal. Sank the collier Dora Hugo Stinnes and put the destroyer S-148 out of action for a long period
1940 Seal (N 37) The Danish sailing vessel Skandia (183 GRT) hits a mine and sinks. The mine was laid by the British submarine HMS Seal in the Kattegat on 4 May 1940
1940 Safari (P 211) Laid Down
1941 Triumph (N 18) HMS Triumph sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessels Valoroso, V 190/Frieda and V 137/Trio Frassinetti with gunfire in the Gulf of Sirte off Beurat, Libya.
1942 P 556 Transferred to the Royal Navy
1943 Spiteful (P 227) Launched
1945 Thorough (P 324) HMS Thorough sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire off Tenggol Island.
1958 Sealion (S 07) Laid Down
1964 Opossum (S 19) Completed

Losses Submarine Badges