2000 Event Two onboard torpedoes explode on the Russian submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, which eventually killed all onboard, despite a rescue operation 1944 Event British submarine Tradewind torpedoes Junyo Maru: 5,600 killed 1942 Event British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea 1941 Event U-557 torpedoes British cruiser Galatea 1941 Event U-81 torpedoes British aircraft carrier Ark Royal 1941 Event Prior to U.S. in WW II, Germany torpedoes U.S. destroyer Reuben James 1941 Event German U-boat torpedoes U.S. destroyer Kearney 1940 Event German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church) 1939 Event German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship 1939 Event German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland 1939 Event British submarine Triton torpedoes British submarine Oxley 1917 Event German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships 1915 Event Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) 1915 Event German U boat torpedoes Netherlands merchant ship Medea 1915 Event Germany sinks U.S. ships Carib and Evelyn and torpedoes Norwegian ship Regin 1862 Event Yorktown, Virginia - McClellan halted his troop before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains
