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On This Day - October 1

1914	G 1 (I A3)	Laid Down
1914	G 2 (I A4)	Laid Down
1914	G 3 (I A5)	Laid Down
1915	E 21 (I 70)	Completed
1915	E 29	Completed
1915	K 11	Laid Down
1915	K 12	Laid Down
1915	K 13 (K 22)	Laid Down
1916	E 32	Completed
1916	E 46	Completed
1916	E 47	Completed
1916	L 9	Laid Down
1917	H 51	Laid Down
1931	O 13 (Dutch)	Commissioned
1939	Trident (N 52)	Completed
1940	Swordfish (N 61)	HMS Swordfish attacks the German torpedo boats Falke and Kondor with torpedoes in the English Channel about 12 nautical miles north-east of Cherbourg, France. All torpedoes missed their target.
1940	Union (N 56)	Launched
1941	Talisman (N 78)	HMS Talisman attacks an Italian convoy with torpedoes in the Zea Channel missing the Italian merchant Lauretta. Talisman was heavily depth charged by the escorting Italian torpedo boat Libra.
1942	United (P 44)	HMS United torpedoes and damages the Italian merchant Ravenna near Locri, Calabria, Italy. The Ravenna was already grounded after air attack.
1943	Sickle (P 224)	HMS Sickle fires three torpedoes against the German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ 2210 off Portoferraio, Elba Island, Italy. The three torpedoes missed their target.
1943	Spur (P 265)	Laid Down
1944	Virulent (P 95)	Completed
1954	Stickleback (X 51)	Launched
2024	Agamemnon (S 124)	Agamemnon was rolled out of the build hall and onto the ship-lift at Barrow and lowered into the water for the first time the following day

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29/09/2026 on page Chariots
Rhys Nolan wrote:
	In relation to the Operation Title, the fishing boat Arthur was not "newly built" in fact built 1898, lengthened at some point and converted for the operation. I have not seen any records of the mentioned breakdowns in the writings by Leif Larsen, doesn't mean that there weren't, just surprising he ...

22/09/2026 on page P 222
Colin Megill wrote:
	The night of December 12th, 1942, my grandfather, conscripted into the Italian infantry, departed by troop ship from Trapani, Sicily, some 200 miles southwest of where the P222 disappeared, and made the crossing to Bizerte, Tunisia. He made it safely home after years as a prisoner of war after their ...

19/09/2026 on page Israeli sub wreck found 31 years on
Janet Burns wrote:
	My Dad was the chief stocker on the Totem 45/47 I have his Talisman, unfortunately he passed away at 39 in 1962. I am so proud of him.

19/09/2026 on page Renown (S 26)
Alan Hewitt wrote:
	Commanding Officer (Port crew) 1972 - 1976 Commander H N M Thompson RN

29/08/2026 on page Stratagem (P 234)
Clare Cunningham wrote:
	My Uncle Frederick Hayes was a stoker on board when she went down. I’m trying to find as much information as possible. I’d love to see some pictures of the crew if there ever were any. His name is on the war memorial in Plymouth, UK, and whenever any of the family are near the memorial, we alway ...

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Repulse (S 23)
Class:	1967 - 1996: Resolution Class
Built By:	New_Page
Build Group:	SSBN1
Fate: Decommissioned on August 28 in 1996

The 2000 K-141 Kursk submarine disaster is followed by governmental negligence. As the sailors fight for survival, their families desperately battle political obstacles and impossible odds to save them.

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