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1565 – Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture a Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
1760 - HMS Lively (20), Cptn. Hon. Frederic Maitland, took Valeur (20) off Cuba.
HMS Lively was a 20-gun post ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1756. During the Seven Years' War she captured several vessels, most notably the French corvette Valeur in 1760. She then served during the American Revolutionary War, where she helped initiate the Battle of Bunker Hill. The French captured her in 1778, but the British recaptured her 1781. She was sold in 1784.
1760 - HMS Boreas (28), Cptn. Samuel Uvedale, takes La Sirene (32)
HMS Boreas was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Built in 1757, she was one of five frigates of the class built of fir rather than oak. Boreas saw service during the Seven Years' War and took part in two actions at sea. She assisted in the capture of the 36-gun French frigate Diane in April 1758, and her most famous engagement was the capture of the French frigate Sirène in October 1760. She was sold out of the service in 1770.
1775 - Capt. Henry Mowat RN, leading a four ship flotilla (HMS Canso, HMS Symmetry, HMS Spitfire, and HMS Halifax), commenced naval bombardment of Falmouth, Massachusetts (site of modern day Portland, Maine). The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
1798 - HMS Anson (38), Cptn Durham, and HMS Kangaroo (16), Edward Brace, captured Loire (46).
1799 - HMS Triton (32), Cptn. John Gore, HMS Naiad (38) and HMS Alcemene (32), Cptn. H. Digy, captured Santa Brigida (36), Don Antonio Pillon, from Vera Cruz with specie valued at 1,400,000 dollars.
1799 - HMS Impregnable (98), Cptn. Jonathan Faulknor, wrecked after striking on Chichester Shoals of Portsmouth.
HMS Impregnable was a Royal Navy 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched on 15 April 1786 at Deptford Dockyard.[1] She was wrecked in 1799 off Spithead.
1806 - HMS Caroline (36), Cptn. Peter Rainier, captured Dutch frigate Maria-Riggersbergen (36), Captain Jager, off the coast of Java.
The Action of 18 October 1806 was a minor naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars, fought between the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Caroline and a Dutch squadron at the entrance to Batavia harbour on Java in the Dutch East Indies. During the battle the Dutch frigate Maria Riggersbergen was left unsupported by the remainder of the squadron and, isolated, was forced to surrender. Captain Peter Rainier, the British commander, was subsequently free to remove his prize from within sight of the Dutch port when the remainder of the Dutch squadron refused to engage Caroline and their crews deliberately grounded the ships to avoid capture. He also returned many prisoners taken previously in a captured brig.
The action, and that of with the earlier Action of 26 July 1806, demonstrated the weakness of the Dutch squadron in the East Indies and convinced Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to lead an operation against Batavia to eliminate the remainder of the Dutch squadron in November 1806. This second raid was only partially successful, and was followed a year later by a raid on the harbour of Griessie, in which the last Dutch warships in the East were eliminated.
Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen, Octr. 18th 1806 - Thomas Whitcombe, 1817
1812 - USS Wasp (18), Master Commandant Jacob Jones, captures HMS Frolic (18), Cptn. Thomas Whinyates,off the coast of Virginia.
The sloop-of-war Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, captures HMS Frolic. After a severe engagement of 43 minutes, both vessels are dismasted. HMS Poictiers appears shortly thereafter and Wasp has to surrender as it can neither run nor hope to fight such an overwhelming opponent as the 74-gun ship-of-the-line. Wasp serves the British as HMS Peacock until it is lost off the Virginia Capes in 1813.
1851 – Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale.
1867 - The sloop-of-war Ossipee and the third-class screw steamer Resaca participate in formal transfer of Alaska from Russia to U.S. authority at Sitka and remain to enforce law and order in the new territory.
1940 – World War II: Italian submarine Durbo is scuttled by her crew near the island of Alboran after attack by destroyers HMS Firedrake and HMS Wrestler.
1944 - USS Bluegill (SS 242) and USS Raton (SS 270) attack a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea. Bluegill sinks the army cargo ships Arabia Maru and Chinsei Maru and freighter Hakushika Maru. Raton sinks the army cargo ships Taikai Maru and Shiranesan Maru.
1977 - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is commissioned at Norfolk, Va. The Ike, named after the nations 34th president, is the third nuclear-powered and second Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Ike is currently homeported in Norfolk.
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1565 – Ships belonging to the Matsura clan of Japan fail to capture a Portuguese trading carrack in the Battle of Fukuda Bay, the first recorded naval battle between Japan and the West.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/NanbanCarrack.jpg/1200px-NanbanCarrack.jpg)
1760 - HMS Lively (20), Cptn. Hon. Frederic Maitland, took Valeur (20) off Cuba.
HMS Lively was a 20-gun post ship of the Royal Navy, launched in 1756. During the Seven Years' War she captured several vessels, most notably the French corvette Valeur in 1760. She then served during the American Revolutionary War, where she helped initiate the Battle of Bunker Hill. The French captured her in 1778, but the British recaptured her 1781. She was sold in 1784.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Aldborough_%281756%29%3B_Flamborough_%281756%29%3B_Lively_%281756%29%3B_Scarborough_%281756%29%3B_Kennington_%281756%29%3B_Mercury_%281756%29_RMG_J4377.jpg/1200px-Aldborough_%281756%29%3B_Flamborough_%281756%29%3B_Lively_%281756%29%3B_Scarborough_%281756%29%3B_Kennington_%281756%29%3B_Mercury_%281756%29_RMG_J4377.jpg)
1760 - HMS Boreas (28), Cptn. Samuel Uvedale, takes La Sirene (32)
HMS Boreas was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Built in 1757, she was one of five frigates of the class built of fir rather than oak. Boreas saw service during the Seven Years' War and took part in two actions at sea. She assisted in the capture of the 36-gun French frigate Diane in April 1758, and her most famous engagement was the capture of the French frigate Sirène in October 1760. She was sold out of the service in 1770.
1775 - Capt. Henry Mowat RN, leading a four ship flotilla (HMS Canso, HMS Symmetry, HMS Spitfire, and HMS Halifax), commenced naval bombardment of Falmouth, Massachusetts (site of modern day Portland, Maine). The Burning of Falmouth (now Portland, Maine).
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/FalmouthHarbour1777.png)
1798 - HMS Anson (38), Cptn Durham, and HMS Kangaroo (16), Edward Brace, captured Loire (46).
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/The_arrival_of_the_frigate_H.M.S._%27Anson%27_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Loire_img_3184.jpg/1200px-Loire_img_3184.jpg)
1799 - HMS Triton (32), Cptn. John Gore, HMS Naiad (38) and HMS Alcemene (32), Cptn. H. Digy, captured Santa Brigida (36), Don Antonio Pillon, from Vera Cruz with specie valued at 1,400,000 dollars.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Ethalion_with_Thetis.jpeg/1200px-Ethalion_with_Thetis.jpeg)
1799 - HMS Impregnable (98), Cptn. Jonathan Faulknor, wrecked after striking on Chichester Shoals of Portsmouth.
HMS Impregnable was a Royal Navy 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched on 15 April 1786 at Deptford Dockyard.[1] She was wrecked in 1799 off Spithead.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/His_Majesty%27s_Ship_Impregnable_on_the_17th_August_1789%2C_when_their_Majesties_and_Princesses_honord_her_with_a_Visit_RMG_PY0749.jpg/1200px-His_Majesty%27s_Ship_Impregnable_on_the_17th_August_1789%2C_when_their_Majesties_and_Princesses_honord_her_with_a_Visit_RMG_PY0749.jpg)
1806 - HMS Caroline (36), Cptn. Peter Rainier, captured Dutch frigate Maria-Riggersbergen (36), Captain Jager, off the coast of Java.
The Action of 18 October 1806 was a minor naval engagement during the Napoleonic Wars, fought between the British Royal Navy frigate HMS Caroline and a Dutch squadron at the entrance to Batavia harbour on Java in the Dutch East Indies. During the battle the Dutch frigate Maria Riggersbergen was left unsupported by the remainder of the squadron and, isolated, was forced to surrender. Captain Peter Rainier, the British commander, was subsequently free to remove his prize from within sight of the Dutch port when the remainder of the Dutch squadron refused to engage Caroline and their crews deliberately grounded the ships to avoid capture. He also returned many prisoners taken previously in a captured brig.
The action, and that of with the earlier Action of 26 July 1806, demonstrated the weakness of the Dutch squadron in the East Indies and convinced Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Pellew to lead an operation against Batavia to eliminate the remainder of the Dutch squadron in November 1806. This second raid was only partially successful, and was followed a year later by a raid on the harbour of Griessie, in which the last Dutch warships in the East were eliminated.
Capture of the Maria Riggersbergen, Octr. 18th 1806 - Thomas Whitcombe, 1817
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Capture_of_Maria_Riggersbergen.jpg)
1812 - USS Wasp (18), Master Commandant Jacob Jones, captures HMS Frolic (18), Cptn. Thomas Whinyates,off the coast of Virginia.
The sloop-of-war Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant Jacob Jones, captures HMS Frolic. After a severe engagement of 43 minutes, both vessels are dismasted. HMS Poictiers appears shortly thereafter and Wasp has to surrender as it can neither run nor hope to fight such an overwhelming opponent as the 74-gun ship-of-the-line. Wasp serves the British as HMS Peacock until it is lost off the Virginia Capes in 1813.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/USS_Wasp_capturing_HMS_Frolic.jpg/1200px-USS_Wasp_capturing_HMS_Frolic.jpg)
1851 – Moby-Dick is first published as The Whale.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Moby-Dick_FE_title_page.jpg)
1867 - The sloop-of-war Ossipee and the third-class screw steamer Resaca participate in formal transfer of Alaska from Russia to U.S. authority at Sitka and remain to enforce law and order in the new territory.
1940 – World War II: Italian submarine Durbo is scuttled by her crew near the island of Alboran after attack by destroyers HMS Firedrake and HMS Wrestler.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/RIN_Durbo.jpg)
1944 - USS Bluegill (SS 242) and USS Raton (SS 270) attack a Japanese convoy in the South China Sea. Bluegill sinks the army cargo ships Arabia Maru and Chinsei Maru and freighter Hakushika Maru. Raton sinks the army cargo ships Taikai Maru and Shiranesan Maru.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/USS_Bluegill_%28SSK-242%29_underway_during_the_1950s_%28NH_78979%29.jpg/1200px-USS_Bluegill_%28SSK-242%29_underway_during_the_1950s_%28NH_78979%29.jpg)
1977 - USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) is commissioned at Norfolk, Va. The Ike, named after the nations 34th president, is the third nuclear-powered and second Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Ike is currently homeported in Norfolk.
![en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/US_Navy_060617-N-0490C-010_The_Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier_USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower_%28CVN_69%29_conducts_a_turn_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean._Eisenhower_is_underway_conducting_routine_carrier_operations.jpg/1200px-thumbnail.jpg)