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On This Day - September 9

1907 C 12 (I 42) Launched
1915 J 5 Launched
1915 J 6 Launched
1927 Otway (N 51) Completed
1939 Ursula (N 59) British HMS Ursula fired the first British submarine torpedoes of the war when attacking German U-35. The U-boat escaped
1941 O 24 (Dutch) Torpedoed and sank the Italian merchant Italo Balbo about 10 nautical miles west of Elba Island, Italy.
1942 O 23 (Dutch) Made a torpedo attack on a Japanese merchant vessel about 40 nautical miles southwest of Phuket. Two torpedoes were fired but both missed their target.
1943 Welman 10 Midget submarine "Welman 10" sank alongside depot ship HMS Forth. The commander (Lt B Pedersen of the Norwegian Army) makes an unaided escape to the surface. There are no casualties
1943 Rorqual (N 74) HMS Rorqual lays 15 mines off Trikeri, Greece.

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X 8 (Expectant)

Class: 1942 - 1946: X Class
Built By: Vickers (Barrow)
Build Group: X
Fate:
Scuttled en-route to Norway to attack Lutzow on 17 Sept 1943
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