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On This Day - July 15

1916 H 3 Submarine H3 was on patrol in the Adriatic.

While attempting to penetrate the Austrian anchorage at Cattaro on 15th July 1916 she struck a mine which exploded, seriously damaging H3, which then sank with the loss of all hands.
1916 K 4 Launched
1919 H 49 Launched
1941 Taku (N 38) HMS Taku sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper Vincenso P. about 25 nautical miles south-east of Auegia, Libya.
1941 Unbeaten (N 93) HMS Unbeaten sinks two sailing vessels with gunfire at Marsa Zuag roads, Libya.
1941 P 33 HMS P 33 torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Barbarigo off Pantellaria Island. During a counter attack P 33 was damaged by the Italian torpedo boat Procione.
1943 United (P 44) The Italian submarine Remo was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Taranto by the British submarine HMS United
1945 Supreme (P 252) HMS Supreme sinks three Japanese coasters with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
1945 Trenchant (P 331) HMS Trenchant sinks three small Japanese vessels with gunfire north-east of the Lombok Strait.
1970 Churchill (S 46) Completed
1971 Dolphin badges Submarine Dolphin badges first issued.
2012 Turbulent (S 87) Decommisioned at Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines