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On This Day - May 19

1928	Osiris (N 67)	Launched
1941	Unbeaten (N 93)	HMS Unbeaten attacks the Italian merchant Silvio Scaroni off Tagiura, Libya with a spread of 4 torpedoes that miss the target.
1942	Thrasher (N 37)	HMS Thrasher torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Penelope about 5 nautical miles north-west of Monopoli, Italy.
1943	Sportsman (P 229)	HMS Sportsman torpedoes and sinks the French passenger ship General Bonaparte off Nice, southern France.
1943	Unbroken (P 42)	HMS Unbroken torpedoes and sinks the Italian pilot vessel F 20/Enrica 3 nautical miles off Pizzo Calabro.
1943	O 24 (Dutch)	Attacked a Japanese merchant vessel with four torpedoes off the north coast of Sumatra. All torpedoes fired missed the target.
1945	Terrapin (P 323)	Survived a depth charge attack in the Pacific by Japanese surface craft
1945	Scythian (P 237)	HMS Scythian sinks a Japanese sailing vessel with gunfire in the Strait of Malacca.
1950	Sidon (P 259)	Completed refit at Sheerness.

Lastest Comments

13/05/2026 on page H 49
kevin walker wrote:
	believe was also attacked on 1-10-1940 near Texel by Sperrbrecher 3/H3 (ex M/S Belgrad) with pattern of 4 depth charges

16/04/2026 on page Thorough (P 324)
navy42 wrote:
	Lord Kitchener was lost in the sinking of HMS Hampshire, denoted by the black field. As Secretary of State, he initiated the recruiting scheme which raised the new army. The first complete New Army formation (as opposed to divisions) as a result of this scheme was the 4th Army under the command of G ...

12/04/2026 on page Cecil Broad 1905 - 1978
navy42 wrote:
	I believe that he also designed the Badge for HMS Thorough. It\'s a great pity that his notes do not appear to have survived

10/04/2026 on page One Submarine, Two Captains - The Early Years of HMS Repulse
Mike Watson wrote:
	I served on Repulse port crew 1st commission. Everything said about Phil Wadman is correct. I would like to also like to mention Toby Elliott who was communications officer, another top man. Soapy Watson

09/04/2026 on page Onslaught (S 14)
Stephen Alexander wrote:
	Stern torpedo tubes removed in final refit in 1982/83 in Devonport Dockyard

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