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On This Day - July 17

1917 C 34 (I 64) Lost, torpedoed by U52 off the Shetlands. The only survivor was Sto1 Frank Scoble who was rescued by U-52 and taken Prisoner of War.
1926 H 21 Sold for Breaking up
1929 Regulus (N 88) Laid Down
1941 Thrasher (N 37) HMS Thrasher heavily damages the French fishing vessel Virgo Fidelis with gunfire in the Bay of Biscay off San Sebastian, Spain.
1943 Torbay (N 79) HMS Torbay sinks the Italian sailing vessel Pozzalo 5 nautical miles west of Civitavecchia, Italy.
1943 Talent (P 322) / Zwaardvisch (Dutch) Launched as HMS Talent, but was not commissioned into the Royal Navy
1944 Telemachus (P 321) HMS Telemachus Sank a Japanese Kaigun Class submarine 17 July 1944 close to Singapore
1944 Tantalus (P 318) HMS Tantalus misses the Japanese submarine I-166 with torpedoes in the Strait of Malacca.
1945 Thule (P 325) HMS Thule sinks a Japanese coaster with gunfire of the north coast of Java, Netherlands East Indies.
1959 Templar (P 316) Scrapped at Troon.
2003 Splendid (S 106) HMS Splendid arrives at Faslane from final deployment before decommissioning.

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines