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2000 Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation
1995 Nancy Kelly, U.S. actress (Bad Seed, Submarine Patrol), dies at 73 1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 1986 U.S. submarine Nathaniel Green runs aground in Irish Sea 1984 Martin Niemoller, German submarine captain and anti-nazi minister, dies at 92 1983 Dick Emery, actor (Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love), dies at 65 1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea 1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1982 U.S. submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia 1981 U.S. submarine George Washington rams Japanese freighter Nisso Maru 1981 China throws out Netherlands ambassador due to submarine sale to Taiwan 1970 French submarine "Eurydice" explodes 1969 Beatles release Yellow Submarine album in UK 1969 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" album 1968 Beatle's animated film "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London 1968 Nuclear submarine Scorpion is lost 1968 Israeli submarine Dakar crashes in Mediterranean Sea, 69 die 1966 Beatles release "Yellow Submarine" and "Eleanor Rigby" in UK 1966 U.S. submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean 1963 Thresher, U.S. atomic-powered submarine, sinks 220 miles east of Boston 1962 1st nuclear warhead fired from Polaris submarine 1961 U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1960 1st submerged submarine, George Washington, to fire Polaris missile ( 1960 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched, the Tullibee 1960 U.S. nuclear submarine USS Triton set off on underwater round-world trip 1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine 1957 1st submarine designed to fire guided missiles launched, Grayback 1957 U.S. launches its 3rd atomic submarine, USS Skate, at Groton, Connecticut 1955 Submarine Nautilus begins 1st nuclear-powered test voyage 1954 1st nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus, commissioned 1951 British submarine Affray sank in English Channel, killing 75 1950 Swedish tanker rams British submarine Truculent in Thames, 64 die 1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine 1944 1st Japanse suicide submarine attack (Ulithi Atol, Carolines) 1944 Sekio Nishina, Japanese inventor (kaiten-suicide submarine), dies 1944 British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed 1944 1st submarine captured and boarded on high seas-U 505 1943 Dutch submarine attacks Island Hertenbeest in NW Bali 1942 Japanese submarine in mouth of Columbia River, Oregon 1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi 1942 German submarine U-585 sinks 1942 Allies raid German submarine base in St. Nazaire 1941 German submarine U-567 sinks 1941 German submarine U-574 sinks 1941 German submarine U-434 sinks 1941 German submarine U-31 sunk 1941 German submarine U-127 sinks 1941 USS Swordfish becomes 1st U.S. submarine to sink a Japanese ship 1941 1st Japanese submarine sunk by a U.S. ship (USS Ward) 1941 U.S. destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652 1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee 1939 British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley 1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 26 die 1937 Plow for laying submarine cable patented 1932 British submarine M-2 sinks in Channel (60 dead) 1930 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1927 U.S. submarine 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard 1921 British submarine K5 leaves with man and mouse 1918 British Q-ship Cymric sinks British submarine J6 1917 Dick Emery, born in London, England, actor, Yellow Submarine, Loot, Baby Love 1917 Admiral Tirpitz announces unlimited submarine war 1917 English submarine K13 leaves Gaire Loch 1916 1st cargo submarine to cross Atlantic arrives in U.S. from Germany 1916 At request of U.S., Germany curtails its submarine warfare 1916 German parliament OKs unrestricted submarine warfare 1916 French airship sinks British submarine D3 1915 Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) 1915 Lusitania sunk by German submarine; 1198 lives lost 1915 German submarine sinks U.S. ship Gulflight 1915 1st submarine disaster; a U.S. F-4 sank off Hawaii, killing 21 1915 Germany begins "unrestricted" submarine war 1915 German submarine attack on Le Havre 1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die 1914 John Philip Holland, submarine designer, dies 1914 German submarine U-15 sinks British cruiser 1901 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut 1898 1st practical submarine 1st submerges, New York City (for 1 hour 40 minutes) 1898 1st telephone message from a submerged submarine, by Simon Lake 1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated 1863 Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars 1840 John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, pioneer in submarine building 1777 Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit 1776 1st (failed) submarine attack (David Bushnell's "Turtle" attacks British sailboat "Eagle" in Bay of New York) 1633 Cornelis Drebbel, physicist/chemist/inventor (submarine), dies 1624 1st submarine tested (London) |
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