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On This Day - July 18

1916 G 13 (I 5C) Launched
1917 E 44 Completed
1917 L 19 Laid Down
1928 Proteus (N 29) Laid Down
1940 H 31 Sank UJ-126 in the North Sea
1943 Safari (P 211) HMS Safari sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweeper No. 47/Amalia with gunfire 16 nautical miles of Cape Comino, Sardinia, Italy.
1943 Sickle (P 224) HMS Sickle sinks the Italian auxiliary minesweepers No. 61/Costante Neri and No. 164/Rosa Madre with gunfire 7 miles north of the island of Gorgona, Italy.
1943 Torbay (N 79) HMS Torbay sinks the Italian auxiliary patrol vessel V 90/San Girolamo with gunfire south-east of Giglio, Italy.
1944 Sirdar (P 226) HMS Sirdar sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
1959 Oberon (S 09) Launched
1966 Valiant (S 102) Completed
2013 Agamemnon (S 124) The Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Philip Dunne, performed the keel laying ceremony for the sixth Astute class submarine in Devonshire Dock Hall.

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines