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On this day - 18th August World Naval Ships Forums Archive

On this day - 18th August

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This is just a test thread to try to give a regular update to the forum in addition to the normal threads which generally ask questions. I'll try and collect any significant or interesting details about the date in history and post them regularly if you think it is worthwhile. Let me know if this is of interest, and add anything you think I've missed for that day. Obviously, this can be a bit time consuming so it probably won't happen every day, but I'll try to do it at least once a week, probably twice. :) On this day - August 18th 1849 - British frigate HMS Octavia launched 1864 - French broadside ironclad Surveillante was launched on this date. 1868 - Alaska class cruiser USS Algoma is launched 1876 - British cruiser HMS Emerald launched 1897 - Austro-Hungarian cruiser Zenta is launched 1907 - Chinese gunboat Chiang Li launched 1913 - British destroyer HMS Lysander is launched 1915 - Russian Leitenant Ilin class destroyer Vladimir launched 1916 - HMS Setter is launched, a Romola (R) class destroyer which would sink less than a year later in a collision 1917 - British destroyer HMS Vanquisher is launched. 1918 - DD161 USS Palmer is launched 1919 - Russian battleship Pamiat Azova was sunk on this date by torpedoes from CMB79 (was named Dvina at the time) 1919 - British Motor Torpedo Boat CMB24A was lost 1920 - US submarine S21 is launched 1921 - USS Pennsylvania embarked 400 marines in order to persuade Panama to accept American mediation in the border dispute with Costa Rica. 1935 - German Leberecht Maas class destroyers Leberecht Maas and Georg Thiele launched 1939 - British Fiji class cruiser HMS Kenya launched 1940 - British battleship HMS Ramillies took part in the bombardment of Bardia 1942 - American destroyer DD526 USS Abner Road is launched 1942 - HMS Fremantle, a British minesweeper is launched 1944 - British H Class submarine H28 is sold for scrap at Troon 1944 - Japanese escort carrier Taiyo was sunk by torpedoes from the American submarine USS Rasher 1944 - British S Class submarine Scotsman launched 1944 - Japanese Nagara class cruiser Natori sunk by American submarine USS Harhead. 1944 - British minesweeper HMS Wave, of the Algerine class, is launched 1945 - American DD818 USS New, a Gearing Class destroyer is launched 1955 - HMS Santon, a British Ton class minesweeper is launched 1966 - Uruguayan corvette Commandante Pedro Campbell is acquired from the United States, formerly USS Chickadee 1966 - British Oberon class submarine HMS Onyx is launched, this being the second HMS Onyx of this class, with the first bought before launch in 1963 by Canada. 1972 - Italian submarine Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia was acquired from the United States

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