
On This Day RN
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Bringing you regular dits from nearly 500 years of Royal Navy history; to promote the ethos of the Senior Service and its legacy to British and global affairs
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#OnThisDay 1941 Battleship HMS BARHAM struck by 3 torpedoes from U-331 in the Mediterranean. She capsizes to port & sinks within 4 mins after a massive explosion. 862 men were killed from a ships company of over 1200. I cannot imagine the terror of those 4 minutes.
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#OnThisDay 1932 the first Royal Navy S-Class submarine HMS STURGEON was launched.After a stubborn launch her bad luck followed her to #WW2 where she was bombed by the RAF and fired torpedoes at her sister sub (all missed) she did get the first successful sub attack of war though
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