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1710 - Action of 4 October 1710 / Battle of Køge Bay
This indecisive Battle of Køge Bay took place on 4 October 1710, during the Great Northern War, in Køge Bay, just south of Copenhagen. Denmark had 26 ships of the line and 5 frigates with 1808 guns, and Sweden had 21 ships of the line and several frigates with 1512 guns. The Danish ship Dannebroge exploded and of the 550-man crew only 9 survived. The Swedish ships Tre Kronor and Prinsessan Ulrika Eleonora ran aground. Because of the weather the battle could not continue. However, the Swedish fleet managed to sink and capture a Danish convoy of transport ships that were supposed to embark a Russian invasion force in Danzig. The action in Køge Bugt checked those Russian invasion plans of Sweden.
![w3SLhlH.jpg w3SLhlH.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100027-ee96edf8980e49d4d7eceb81f54e72c7.jpg)
Danish ship Dannebroge
1744 - Loss of the HMS Victory (1737 - 100), Cptn. Samuel Faulkner. Admiral Sir John Balchen and 1,100 men lost.
![800px-HMS_Victory_sinking.jpg 800px-HMS_Victory_sinking.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100029-38d5b22e6c6526b4a656bd4fc7dfd357.jpg)
Peter Monamy was one of the first English artists to establish a native school of marine painting. His work is often alleged to "show an overwhelming influence of the Dutch style", but the authentic works created by him during his 45 year London career convincingly demonstrate that this influence was a great deal less than "overwhelming". In 1696 Monamy, aged 15, was bound apprentice for seven years to a former Master of the Painter-Stainer's Company, and was obviously trained and taught by him. It has repeatedly been asserted that he "may have" worked in van de Velde’s studio in Greenwich, but there is no evidence whatsoever of this supposed employment. Any such employment is exceedingly unlikely, and in fact virtually impossible. The van de Veldes ceased to maintain a studio in Greenwich soon after the 1689 Revolution of William III, and apparently moved their business to Covent Garden. At this time Monamy was 8-10 years old.
The Loss of the 'Victory', 4 October 1744, is a dramatic night scene in the native English taste.
![large (7).jpg large (7).jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100028-61ff83cc562b838ea69f66dde954650c.jpg)
Scale: 1:34.3. A contemporary full hull model of the 'Victory' (1737), a 100-gun three-decker first-rate ship of the line. Built in 'bread and butter fashion' and finished in the Georgian style, the model is partially decked, fully equipped and rigged.
1770 – Launch of French Victoire, a 74 gun Bien-Aimé class Ship of the Line
![Naval_manoeuvres_Toulon_by_Flotte_de_Saint-Joseph-MnM_3_OA_5_D-IMG_8599.JPG Naval_manoeuvres_Toulon_by_Flotte_de_Saint-Joseph-MnM_3_OA_5_D-IMG_8599.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100030-267890717cf3510bc41dbe64ea087419.jpg)
detail: Victoire at the Toulon naval review of 1777. She is incorrectly depicted as a three-decker; Victoire was actually a 74-gun, with two batteries.
1780 - 13 Royal Navy ships foundered in the great hurricane in the West Indies over 8 days - including HMS Thunderer (1760 - 74), HMS Phoenix (1759 - 44), HMS Barbadoes (1778 - 14)
![1280px-Ship_of_74-gun_model_1760.jpg 1280px-Ship_of_74-gun_model_1760.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100031-67fcb5bff440ea1ca46c3fd480877b11.jpg)
Model of a 74-gun ship, 3rd rate, cz. 1760. Thought to be either HMS Hercules from 1759 or HMS Thunderer from 1760.
1821 - Lt. Robert F. Stockton sails aboard USS Alligator from Boston to West Africa, to suppress the African slave trade and select and acquire territory to resettle former slaves in their native continent
![USS_Alligator.jpg USS_Alligator.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100032-5cc4ca36c4ffaca2d6d875abf9841753.jpg)
Artist illustration of USS Alligator 1820-1822 taken from NOAA website - http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/projects/04alligator/media/alligator.htm
4th of October
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1710 - Action of 4 October 1710 / Battle of Køge Bay
This indecisive Battle of Køge Bay took place on 4 October 1710, during the Great Northern War, in Køge Bay, just south of Copenhagen. Denmark had 26 ships of the line and 5 frigates with 1808 guns, and Sweden had 21 ships of the line and several frigates with 1512 guns. The Danish ship Dannebroge exploded and of the 550-man crew only 9 survived. The Swedish ships Tre Kronor and Prinsessan Ulrika Eleonora ran aground. Because of the weather the battle could not continue. However, the Swedish fleet managed to sink and capture a Danish convoy of transport ships that were supposed to embark a Russian invasion force in Danzig. The action in Køge Bugt checked those Russian invasion plans of Sweden.
![w3SLhlH.jpg w3SLhlH.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100027-ee96edf8980e49d4d7eceb81f54e72c7.jpg)
Danish ship Dannebroge
1744 - Loss of the HMS Victory (1737 - 100), Cptn. Samuel Faulkner. Admiral Sir John Balchen and 1,100 men lost.
![800px-HMS_Victory_sinking.jpg 800px-HMS_Victory_sinking.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100029-38d5b22e6c6526b4a656bd4fc7dfd357.jpg)
Peter Monamy was one of the first English artists to establish a native school of marine painting. His work is often alleged to "show an overwhelming influence of the Dutch style", but the authentic works created by him during his 45 year London career convincingly demonstrate that this influence was a great deal less than "overwhelming". In 1696 Monamy, aged 15, was bound apprentice for seven years to a former Master of the Painter-Stainer's Company, and was obviously trained and taught by him. It has repeatedly been asserted that he "may have" worked in van de Velde’s studio in Greenwich, but there is no evidence whatsoever of this supposed employment. Any such employment is exceedingly unlikely, and in fact virtually impossible. The van de Veldes ceased to maintain a studio in Greenwich soon after the 1689 Revolution of William III, and apparently moved their business to Covent Garden. At this time Monamy was 8-10 years old.
The Loss of the 'Victory', 4 October 1744, is a dramatic night scene in the native English taste.
![large (7).jpg large (7).jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100028-61ff83cc562b838ea69f66dde954650c.jpg)
Scale: 1:34.3. A contemporary full hull model of the 'Victory' (1737), a 100-gun three-decker first-rate ship of the line. Built in 'bread and butter fashion' and finished in the Georgian style, the model is partially decked, fully equipped and rigged.
1770 – Launch of French Victoire, a 74 gun Bien-Aimé class Ship of the Line
![Naval_manoeuvres_Toulon_by_Flotte_de_Saint-Joseph-MnM_3_OA_5_D-IMG_8599.JPG Naval_manoeuvres_Toulon_by_Flotte_de_Saint-Joseph-MnM_3_OA_5_D-IMG_8599.JPG](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100030-267890717cf3510bc41dbe64ea087419.jpg)
detail: Victoire at the Toulon naval review of 1777. She is incorrectly depicted as a three-decker; Victoire was actually a 74-gun, with two batteries.
1780 - 13 Royal Navy ships foundered in the great hurricane in the West Indies over 8 days - including HMS Thunderer (1760 - 74), HMS Phoenix (1759 - 44), HMS Barbadoes (1778 - 14)
![1280px-Ship_of_74-gun_model_1760.jpg 1280px-Ship_of_74-gun_model_1760.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100031-67fcb5bff440ea1ca46c3fd480877b11.jpg)
Model of a 74-gun ship, 3rd rate, cz. 1760. Thought to be either HMS Hercules from 1759 or HMS Thunderer from 1760.
1821 - Lt. Robert F. Stockton sails aboard USS Alligator from Boston to West Africa, to suppress the African slave trade and select and acquire territory to resettle former slaves in their native continent
![USS_Alligator.jpg USS_Alligator.jpg](https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/data/attachments/100/100032-5cc4ca36c4ffaca2d6d875abf9841753.jpg)
Artist illustration of USS Alligator 1820-1822 taken from NOAA website - http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/projects/04alligator/media/alligator.htm