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18 Oct 1918 // Store ship RFA Industry sank after being torpedoed, probably by U-boat UB.92, in the approaches to Strangford Loch. She was part of a small convoy from Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire) to Belfast when attacked. Twenty men lost their lives. #RoyalFleetAuxiliary #WW1 #NavalHistory

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18 Oct 1919 // HM Submarine H.41 sank after colliding with the depot ship HMS Vulcan at Blyth. Vulcan's screws were turning and sliced H.41's hull open after the submarine had been drawn towards her by suction. There were no casualties. H.41 was later raised and scrapped. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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18 Oct 1940 // HM Submarine H.49 was depth-charged and sunk by German anti-submarine vessels off the Dutch coast near Texel. 26 men died. One man survived: Leading Stoker George Oliver was blown to the surface as the submarine's hull ruptured and became a German POW. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

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18 Oct 1940 // HM Trawler Kingston Cairngorm, a Hull boat in naval service as a patrol vessel, sank after an explosion while under tow off Portland Bill. There were no casualties. The Admiralty concluded that she had run over a mine. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

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