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On This Day - August 27

1915	E 22 (I 79)	Launched
1924	L 54	Completed
1941	Graph (P 715)	The German submarine U-570 was captured by Britain in the North Atlantic south of Iceland after being damaged by a British aircraft. She was towed to Thorlaks-hafn, Iceland and salvaged.
1941	Urge (N 17)	HMS Urge torpedoes and damages the Italian passenger ship Aquitania 7 nautical miles bearing 13 from Punta Mignone.
1941	Urge (N 17)	Urge attacked a Merchant Vessel and the 4,791 ton Italian Tanker AQUITANIA in position 38`11'N 12`07'E. The tanker was hit and sank.
1941	Traveller (N 48)	Launched
1942	Umbra (P 35)	HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian transport ship Manfredo Campiero about 35 nautical miles west of Cape Spada, Crete.
1942	Sickle (P 224)	Launched
1943	Unruffled (P 46)	HMS Unruffled torpedoes and sinks the Italian merchant Citt� di Spezia 40 nautical miles off Brindisi, Italy.
1943	Unseen (P 51)	HMS Unseen sank the Italian merchant ship Rastello.
1944	Sturdy (P 248)	HMS Sturdy sinks a Japanese fishing vessel with gunfire.
2010	Astute (S 119)	Completed

Lastest Comments

06/08/2026 on page Finwhale (S 05)
Jones wrote:
	Just to confirm, the submarine was sunk off the Western Approaches. I was the Nav Officer on board the Admiralty tug RMAS Rollicker, and we towed the submarine from Loch Ewe out into the NW Approaches for a 'sinkex'; however, we hit Storm Force 11, which forced us to cancel the sinkex. A few months ...

23/07/2026 on page Token (P 328)
Legs D. wrote:
	Token was my very first boat from 1963 to 1965. During that period, for about 6 months, we were refitted with a 4inch gun. For some reason I was chosen to be a sight setter (I was a baby AB RP3). This became a 'Boy's Own' adventure for me. The 'sight setter' happened to be fourth in the queue to get ...

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

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P 551 / Jastrab (Polish)
Class:	1941 - 1944: US S Class
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Build Group:	US-S
Fate: Scuttled after being hit by friendly fire 2 May 1942.

Woven between the recipes in this book are true facts and tid-bits about the food, the cooks and general life aboard ship.

Along with the recipes, this book aims to preserve a segment of British history, Royal Navy social history, which is fading all too quickly and would otherwise be lost in the grey sea-mists of oblivion.

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