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List of submarine actions

Index List of submarine actions

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49 relations: Action of 22 September 1914, American entry into World War I, ARA General Belgrano, Baengnyeongdo, Chittagong, Convoy HX 79, Convoy ONS 5, Convoy SC 7, Convoys HX 229/SC 122, Cox's Bazar District, Depth charge, East Pakistan, Falkland Islands, Günther Prien, H. L. Hunley (submarine), HMS Ark Royal (91), HMS Conqueror (S48), HMS Farnborough, HMS Pathfinder (1904), HMS Royal Oak (08), HMS Triumph (1903), India, Indian Navy, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, INS Khukri, Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, Japanese submarine I-19, Joachim Schepke, List of most successful U-boat commanders, List of single-ship actions, Mark 24 mine, MV Goya, MV Wilhelm Gustloff, Otto Kretschmer, Pakistan, Q-ship, Radar, ROKS Cheonan, ROKS Cheonan sinking, Scapa Flow, Sinking of USS Housatonic, Soviet submarine L-3, Soviet submarine S-13, Spar torpedo, U-boat, USS Archerfish (SS-311), Wolfpack (naval tactic), World War II, Yono-class submarine.

Action of 22 September 1914

The Action of 22 September 1914 was a German U-boat ambush that took place during the First World War, in which three obsolete Royal Navy cruisers, manned mainly by reservists and sometimes referred to as the livebait squadron, were sunk by a German submarine while on patrol.

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American entry into World War I

The American entry into World War I came in April 1917, after more than two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States out of the war.

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ARA General Belgrano

ARA General Belgrano was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982.

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Baengnyeongdo

Baengnyeong Island (sometimes spelled Baekryeong) is a, long and wide island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea, located near the Northern Limit Line.

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Chittagong

Chittagong, officially known as Chattogram, is a major coastal city and financial centre in southeastern Bangladesh.

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Convoy HX 79

HX 79 was an Allied North Atlantic convoy of the HX series which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.

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Convoy ONS 5

ONS 5 was the 5th of the numbered ONS series of Slow trade convoys Outbound from the British Isles to North America.

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Convoy SC 7

SC 7 was the code name for a large Allied World War II convoy of 35 merchant ships and six escorts, which sailed eastbound from Sydney, Nova Scotia for Liverpool and other United Kingdom ports on 5 October 1940.

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Convoys HX 229/SC 122

The battle around convoys HX 229 and SC 122 occurred during March 1943 in the Battle of the Atlantic, and was the largest convoy battle of World War II.

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Cox's Bazar District

Cox's Bazar (কক্সবাজার জেলা, Cox's Bazar Jela also Cox's Bazar Zila) is a district in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.

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Depth charge

A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon.

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East Pakistan

East Pakistan was the eastern provincial wing of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh.

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Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.

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Günther Prien

Günther Prien (16 January 1908 – presumed 7 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II.

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H. L. Hunley (submarine)

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HMS Ark Royal (91)

HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War.

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HMS Conqueror (S48)

HMS Conqueror (nickname "Conks") was a nuclear-powered fleet submarine which served in the Royal Navy from 1971 to 1990.

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HMS Farnborough

HMS Farnborough, also known as (Q-5), was a Q-ship of the British Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War.

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HMS Pathfinder (1904)

HMS Pathfinder was the lead ship of the ''Pathfinder'' class of scout cruisers, and was the first ship ever to be sunk by a locomotive torpedo fired by submarine (the American Civil War ship USS ''Housatonic'' had been sunk by a spar torpedo).

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HMS Royal Oak (08)

HMS Royal Oak was one of five s built for the Royal Navy during the First World War.

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HMS Triumph (1903)

HMS Triumph, originally known as Libertad, was the second of the two pre-dreadnought battleships of the Royal Navy.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Navy

The Indian Navy (IN; IAST: Bhāratīya Nau Senā) is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces.

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Indo-Pakistani War of 1971

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the liberation war in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 to the fall of Dacca (Dhaka) on 16 December 1971.

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INS Khukri

The following ships of the Indian Navy have been named Khukri.

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Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano

, was an aircraft carrier built by the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II, the largest such built up to that time.

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Japanese submarine I-19

I-19 was a Japanese Type B1 submarine which damaged and destroyed several enemy ships during World War II while serving in the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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Joachim Schepke

Joachim Schepke (8 March 1912 – 17 March 1941) was a German U-boat commander during World War II.

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List of most successful U-boat commanders

The list of most successful U-boat commanders contains the top-scoring German U-boat commanders in the two World Wars based on their total tonnage sunk.

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List of single-ship actions

A single-ship action is a naval engagement fought between two warships of opposing sides, excluding submarine engagements; called so because there is a single ship on each side.

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Mark 24 mine

The Mark 24 mine (also known as FIDO or Fido) was a United States air-dropped passive acoustic homing anti-submarine torpedo used during the Second World War against German and Japanese submarines.

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MV Goya

Goya was a Norwegian motor freighter.

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MV Wilhelm Gustloff

MV Wilhelm Gustloff was a German military transport ship which was sunk on 30 January 1945 by in the Baltic Sea while evacuating German civilians, German officials and military personnel from Gotenhafen (now Gdynia) as the Red Army advanced.

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Otto Kretschmer

Otto Kretschmer (1 May 1912 – 5 August 1998) was the most successful German U-boat commander in the Second World War and later an admiral in the Bundesmarine.

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Pakistan

Pakistan (پاکِستان), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (اِسلامی جمہوریہ پاکِستان), is a country in South Asia.

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Q-ship

Q-ships, also known as Q-boats, decoy vessels, special service ships, or mystery ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure submarines into making surface attacks.

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Radar

Radar is an object-detection system that uses radio waves to determine the range, angle, or velocity of objects.

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ROKS Cheonan

ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772) was a of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN), commissioned in 1989.

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ROKS Cheonan sinking

The ROKS Cheonan sinking occurred on 26 March 2010, when, a of the Republic of Korea Navy, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.

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Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009 Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.

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Sinking of USS Housatonic

The Sinking of USS Housatonic on 17 February 1864 during the American Civil War was an important turning point in naval warfare.

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Soviet submarine L-3

The World War II Soviet submarine L-3 belonged to the L-class or ''Leninets'' class of minelayer submarines.

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Soviet submarine S-13

S-13 was a ''Stalinets''-class submarine of the Soviet Navy.

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Spar torpedo

A spar torpedo is a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat.

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U-boat

U-boat is an anglicised version of the German word U-Boot, a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally "undersea boat".

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USS Archerfish (SS-311)

USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a ''Balao''-class submarine.

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Wolfpack (naval tactic)

The term wolfpack refers to the mass-attack tactics against convoys used by German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic, and by submarines of the United States Navy against Japanese shipping in the Pacific Ocean in World War II.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yono-class submarine

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarine_actions

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