On This Day: January 17

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1914	V3	Submarine HMS V3 laid down
1916	G5	Submarine HMS G5 completed
1940	Traveller	Submarine HMS Traveller laid down
1940	HMS Tribune	HMS Tribune fires 6 torpedoes against an enemy submarine in the Skagerrak about 15 nautical miles east-north-east of Skagen, Denmark.
1942	HMS Umbra	HMS Umbra torpedoes and sinks the Italian salvage vessel Rampino north-north-east of Sousse, Tunisia. Umbra picks up the Rampino's sole survivor.
1943	United	HMS United torpedoes and sinks the Italian destroyer Bombardiere about 20 nautical miles north-west of Isola Marettimo, Sicily, Italy.
1945	HMS Stygian	HMS Stygian sinks the Japanese Nichinan Maru and a sailing vessel with gunfire off Perak.