List of submarine actions

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This is a list of notable submarine actions:

Contents 1 American Civil War 2 World War I 3 World War II 4 Post-World War Two

[edit] American Civil War

• 1864 February 17 — human-powered submarine H. L. Hunley sinks sloop USS Housatonic with spar mine, off Charleston.

[edit] World War I

• 1914 September 22 — German submarine U-9 sinks three British armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Hogue and HMS Cressy in one action.

[edit] World War II

• 1939 October 14 — German U-boat U-47 sinks HMS Royal Oak in Scapa Flow base.
• 1942 September 15 — Japanese submarine I-19 mortally damages aircraft carrier USS Wasp and destroyer USS O'Brien and damages battleship USS North Carolina with a single salvo.
• 1944 November 29 — USS Archer-Fish sinks Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, the largest vessel of that time.
• 1945 January 30 — Soviet submarine S-13 sinks the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, with older and cautious estimates of 6,000 but more recent estimates of more than 9,000 casualties.
• 1945 April 16 — Soviet submarine L-3 sinks the German ship Goya, with 6,000–7,000 casualties.

[edit] Post-World War Two

• 1971 December 3 — Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Ghazi lost with all hands off Vishakapatnam, in Bay of Bengal during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. The Indian Navy claims that the submarine was sunk by two depth charges from the destroyer INS Rajput. Pakistan however has maintained that PNS Ghazi sank when the mines it was laying were accidentally detonated.
• 1971 December 8 — Pakistan Navy submarine PNS Hangor sinks Indian Navy frigate INS Khukri (first submarine sinking since World War II) during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. PNS Hangor also damaged another warship INS Kirpan.
• 1982 May 2 — British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano off the Falkland Islands.