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1801 - The Second Battle of Algeciras (also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar)
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid.
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1776 - Third voyage of James Cook begins
The route of Cook's third voyage shown in red, blue shows route after his death.
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1870 - Death of John A. Dahlgren
Rear Admiral Dahlgren, on board the USS Pawnee, beside a 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle (one of his bottle-shaped cast-iron cannons), c. 1864.
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1918 - The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Kawachi under construction in Yokosuka Navy Yard, 20th of October 1911.
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11 July 1882 - The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by the British Mediterranean Fleet took place on 11–13 July 1882. Admiral Beauchamp Seymour was in command of a fleet of fifteen Royal Navy ironclad ships which had previously sailed to the harbor of Alexandria to support the khedive Tewfik...
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1801 - The Second Battle of Algeciras (also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar)
The Battle of Camperdown, 11 October 1797 by Thomas Whitcombe, painted 1798, showing the British flagship Venerable (flying the Blue Ensign from her stern) engaged with the Dutch flagship Vrijheid.
![Cook'sThirdVoyage58.png Cook'sThirdVoyage58.png](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/89/89804-1bed14bdf90aa758e47dd90782c1ea64.jpg)
1776 - Third voyage of James Cook begins
The route of Cook's third voyage shown in red, blue shows route after his death.
![Dahlgren_Pawnee_H63362t.jpg Dahlgren_Pawnee_H63362t.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/89/89805-d53806e3a74c0dff1c623ffda4b5d76b.jpg)
1870 - Death of John A. Dahlgren
Rear Admiral Dahlgren, on board the USS Pawnee, beside a 50-pounder Dahlgren rifle (one of his bottle-shaped cast-iron cannons), c. 1864.
![tumblr_on5c0vGS5D1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg tumblr_on5c0vGS5D1s7e5k5o1_1280.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/89/89808-eb8a437829ffb3699eee88af795347ba.jpg)
1918 - The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
imperial Japanese Navy Battleship Kawachi under construction in Yokosuka Navy Yard, 20th of October 1911.