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On This Day - July 7

1914 E 14 (I 94) Launched
1917 F 2 (I A1) Launched
1917 L 69 Laid Down
1918 L 8 Launched
1940 Olympus (N 35) HMS Olympus bombed & damaged by Italian aircraft while in dock at Malta
1941 Sealion (N 72) HMS Sealion sinks the French fishing vessels Gustav Eugene and Gustav Jeanne with gunfire off Ushant.
1941 Urge (N 17) Damage was claimed on a 9,000 ton Merchant Vessel in position 37`48'N 15`21'E
1943 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual torpedoes and sinks the German tanker Wilhemsburg about 5 nautical miles west of Tenedos Island, Greece.
1943 Sea Rover (P 218) Completed
1943 Sidon (P 259) Laid Down
1944 Sturdy (P 248) HMS Sturdy sinks two Japanese sailing vessels with gunfire off the west coast of Siam.
1945 Sidon (P 259) Having left the Holy Loch in April 1945 for passage to the Far East to join the 8th Submarine Flotilla. She diverted to Fremantle to repair battery defects en-route. Sidon departed Fremantle to commence her 2nd patrol. Soon after departing, one of her engines developed a defect and she called in at Onslow to rectify this. The patrol was mainly for air-sea rescue duties.
1945 Sea Scout (P 253) HMS Sea Scout sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Gulf of Siam.
1949 Alecto (J10) 1911 - 1949 Scrapped at Faslane
1992 Vengance (S 31) Boat Ordered from Vickers

Yards BR 3043: The Development of HM Submarines