![]() ![]() 1943, October 31-November 1 – USS Borie and U-405 engage in a pitched battle ending with Borie ramming the submarine.1944, November 29 – USS Archer-Fish sinks Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, the largest vessel of that time.1943, May 14 – U-640 or U-657 is the first submarine sunk by a homing torpedo.1943, April 29 – May 6 – Convoy ONS 5 is the last major North Atlantic wolfpack attack by surfaced U-boats as escorts demonstrate effective use of radar to sink 6 U-boats in low-visibility conditions.1943, March 16–19 – The largest North Atlantic U-boat wolfpack attack of the world wars sinks 22 ships from Convoys HX 229/SC 122.The dead includes all five Sullivan brothers. ![]() 1942, November 13 - I-26 sinks USS Juneau.aircraft carrier USS Wasp and destroyer USS O'Brien and damages battleship USS North Carolina with a single salvo. 1942, September 15 – Japanese submarine I-19 sinks U.S.1942, June 7 - The I-168 sinks the US aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5) and the USS Hammonn (DD-214) who was attempting to save the Yorktown from battle damage she had received in the Battle of Midway.1941, November 28 - Dutch submarine HNLMS O-21 becomes the only submarine to sink another submarine while they were both surfaced when she sinks German submarine U-95 with a stern torpedo.She sinks the following day due to crippling damage. 1941, November 13 – U-81 strikes HMS Ark Royal with a single torpedo.1940, November 23 – German submarine U-100 sinks 7 Allied Merchant ships from Convoy SC-11 in only 3 hours.1940, October 17–19 – The most effective wolfpack of the world wars including Kretschmer, Prien and Schepke sinks 32 ships from Convoy SC 7 and Convoy HX 79 in two days.The First Lord of Admiralty Winston Churchill officially announced the loss of Royal Oak to the House of Commons, first conceding that the raid had been "a remarkable exploit of professional skill and daring". 1939, October 14 – German U-boat U-47 sinks HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow base.1939, September 17 - German U-boat U-29 sinks HMS Courageous.Both ship were torpedoed and sunk by I-19. World War II O'Brien hit by torpedo as USS Wasp burns. 1916, March 22 – German submarine SM U-68 is sunk by the Q-ship – a merchant ship carrying hidden weapons – HMS Farnborough in the first successful use of depth charges.Two days after the same U-boat sunk the pre-dreadnought HMS Triumph near Gaba Nepe. 1915, May 25/27 – In the morning of May 27 German submarine U-21 sinks the British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Majestic off the Gallipoli peninsula.The sinking turned public opinion in many countries against Germany, contributed to the U.S. 1915, May 7 – German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania killing 1,198 and leaving 761 survivors.1914, October 20 – German submarine U-17 sinks SS Glitra in the first submarine sinking of a merchant ship during the world wars.1914, October 18 – German submarine U-27 sinks HMS E3 in the first ever successful attack on one submarine by another.1914, September 22 – German submarine U-9 sinks three unescorted British armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy in approximately one hour.1914, September 5 – HMS Pathfinder is sunk at the start of World War I by U-21, becoming the first ship to ever be sunk by a self-propelled torpedo fired by submarine.World War I Illustration by Hans Bohrdt depicting the sinking of HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir by U-9 on 22 September 1914 off the Dutch coast. 1912, December 9 – Greek submarine Delfin became the first submarine to launch a self-propelled torpedo at an enemy ship, though the ship did not sink due to a weapons malfunction.Hunley thus became the first submarine to successfully sink an enemy vessel in combat, and was the direct progenitor of what would eventually become international submarine warfare. Hunley sinks the Union sloop USS Housatonic with spar torpedo, off Charleston. 1864, February 17 – Confederate human-powered submarine H. L.A German World War I-era submarine American Civil War You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. ![]()
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