Today In History: 05 July [1940] -- Swordfish make a torpedo strike against Italian ships at Tobruk
Shore-based Fairey Swordfish of the Fleet Air Arm's No. 813 Squadron make a torpedo strike against Italian ships at Tobruk, sinking a transport and a destroyer, blowing the bow off another destroyer, and damaging an ocean liner. PHOTO: A formation of three Swordfish IIIs of No. 119 Squadron RAF over the North Sea, 1939–1945