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11 August 1695 - unsuccessfull Bombardment of Dunkirk by british By the mid-17th century the channel port of Dunkirk had a reputation for being a haven for privateers who were a menace to Dutch and English shipping. However, when Dunkirk was acquired by France in 1662, after a brief period of...

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1744 - Launch of HMS Colchester


1787 - Launch of unique HMS Veteran, 64 guns third rate


1813 - capture of USS Argus by HMS Pelican

The crew of the HMS Pelican prepare to board the USS Argus. Captain Maples leading the Pelican's boarding party.
The illustration above, from a 19th Century publication, shows a perhaps idealised (was Maple's uniform this smart?) at the moment of boarding.

1904 - The naval Battle off Ulsan - sinking of russian armed cruiser Rurik

Rurik in 1904 with cut down rig

 

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1807 - Action between HMS Comus vs. Fredrickscoarn



danish frigate Frederiksværn

1895 - The battleship USS Texas is commissioned. She is the first American steel-hulled battleship.




1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.

 

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1742 - HMS Gloucester (1711 - 50 guns) burnt near Ladrones to avoid capture by Spanish

Scale: 1:48. A contemporary full hull model of a 50-gun small two-decker (circa 1703) built plank on frame in the Navy Board style

1778 - HMS Isis (1774 - 50 guns) engaged french Cesar (1768 - 74 guns)

The end of the César, by François Aimé Louis Dumoulin.

1779 - HMS Ardent (1764 - 64 guns), Cptn. Phillip Boteler, captured by Franco-Spanish fleet in the Channel.

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with quarter gallery decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for building Ardent (1764) at Hull, and later for Raisonnable (1768), both 64-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1771], and John Clevland [Secretary to the Admiralty].

1801 - Horatio Nelson failed in his attack on Boulogne

Nelson fails against the flotilla at Boulogne-sur-mer, near Boulogne - 15th of August 1801, by Louis-Philippe Crépin (1772 Paris – 1851)

 

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17 August 1606 - Battle of Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca The Battle of Cape Rachado, off the present day Malaccan exclave of Cape Rachado in 1606, was an important naval engagement between the Dutch...

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1606 - Battle of Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca

Battle for Malacca between the VOC fleet and the Portuguese, 1606.

1757 – Launch of HMS Shannon, a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.




1796 - Dutch fleet under Ad. Engelburtus Lucas surrendered to British squadron under Ad. Sir George Keith Elphinstone at Saldanha Bay, South Africa.

 

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17 August 1606 - Battle of Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca The Battle of Cape Rachado, off the present day Malaccan exclave of Cape Rachado in 1606, was an important naval engagement between the Dutch...

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1759 - The naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France

Battle of Lagos in 1759 off Portugal - painting by Thomas Luny

1798 - HMS Leander (1780 - 50), Cptn. Thomas Boulden Thompson, captured by Genereaux (1785 - 74) Cptn. Lejoille.


1803 – Launch of HMS Hero 74guns Fame class Ship of the Line

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Illustrious' (1803), 'Albion' (1802), 'Hero' (1803), 'Marlborough' (1807), 'York' (1807), 'Hannibal' (1810), 'Sultan' (1807), and 'Royal Oak' (1809), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers.

1838 - The United States Exploring Expedition led by Lt. Charles Wilkes weighs anchor at Hampton Roads on a world cruise

USS Vincennes at Disappointment Bay, Antarctica in early 1840

 

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17 August 1606 - Battle of Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca The Battle of Cape Rachado, off the present day Malaccan exclave of Cape Rachado in 1606, was an important naval engagement between the Dutch...

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1702 - The Action of August 1702
was a naval battle that took place from 19–25 August 1702 O.S. between an English squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow and a French under Admiral Jean du Casse, off Cape Santa Marta on the coast of present-day Colombia, South America, during the War of the Spanish Succession. Benbow vigorously attacked the French squadron, but the refusal of most of his captains to support the action allowed du Casse to escape. Benbow lost a leg during the engagement and died of illness about two months later. Two of the captains were convicted of cowardice and shot.

Adml John Benbow courageously commanding his Men to fight after his Leg was shattered to Pieces, St Martha (West Indies) 19-24 July 1702

1711 - Birth of Edward Boscawen, PC (19 August 1711 – 10 January 1761)


1801 - HMS Sybille (1791 - 44), Cptn. Chas. Adam, captured French national frigate Chiffone, in Mahe Road - also known as the Battle of Mahe


1808 – Death of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721)

Title page of Architectura Navalis Mercatoria, published 1768.

1812 - The frigate USS Constitution captures the frigate HMS Guerriere, off Halifax, Nova Scotia after an intense battle

Constitution escapes the British squadron.

 

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19 August 1808 – Death of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721) Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (9 September 1721 in Gothenburg – 19 August 1808) was a Swedish shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish navy. He was also manager of the Karlskrona shipyard...

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1777 - Launch of Barfleur-class 90 gun Ship of Line HMS Formidable

Scale model of HMS Formidable, flagship of Rodney at the Battle of the Saintes. On display at Fort Napoléon des Saintes museum.

1778 - Launch of french 74 gun Ship of the Line Neptune

Saint Remi museum of Reims (Marne, France) ; miltary room, model of the Neptune

1785 – Launch of Yacht HDMS Kronprindsens Lystfregat

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with stern quarter and broadside window decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth for building a yacht for the Prince Royal of Denmark at Deptford Dockyard.

1800 - Start of a 6 day engagement in which HMS Seine (48) captured Vengeance (24) off the Mona Passage.

Depiction of the capture of Vengeance

1810 - The Battle of Grand Port started

Detail from Combat de Grand Port by Pierre-Julien Gilbert. Visible from left to right: HMS Iphigenia (seen striking her colours), HMS Magicienne and HMS Sirius being set on fire by their crews, HMS Nereide surrendering, French frigate Bellone, French frigate Minerve, Victor (in the background) and Ceylon. Many of the details shown in the painting did not happen simultaneously, but were spread over several days

 

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19 August 1808 – Death of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder (b. 1721) Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (9 September 1721 in Gothenburg – 19 August 1808) was a Swedish shipbuilder, scientist and officer in the Swedish navy. He was also manager of the Karlskrona shipyard...

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1673 - The naval Battle of Texel or Battle of Kijkduin

The Battle of Texel, 11/21 August 1673 by Willem van de Velde the Younger, painted 1683. The ship at the centre is Dutch Admiral Cornelis Tromp's flagship Gouden Leeuw, 82 guns

1799 - HMS Clyde (1796 - 38), Cptn. Charles Cunningham, captured the French frigate Vestale (1781 -32) in the mouth of the Garonne


1808 – Launch of Dalmate, a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
1810 - Launch of Capri, a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the Real Marina of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Dalmate (1808), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.

1823 – Launch of Algésiras, an 80-gun Bucentaure-class 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, designed by Sané.

Loss of a longboat of Algésiras in a storm, 9 August 1831.

 

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21 August 1883 - USS Trenton (1876) get Pioneer in Electricity for US Naval Vessels USS Trenton was the first U.S. Navy ship to have electric lights. A dynamo, engine, and lights were installed in the summer of 1883. The successful use of electricity on this ship led to the installation of...

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1638 - The Battle of Getaria or the Battle of Guetaria, Action of 22 August 1638

The Battle of Guetaria, by Andries van Eertvelt

1770 – James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales

Captain Cook raises the Union Flag on Possession Island, 22 August 1770

1778 - Launch of french frigate Bellone (1778 - 32 - Iphigenie-class)


1796 - HMS Galatea (1794 - 32) drove the frigate L'Andromaque (1778 – 48 (mounted 40) – Nymphe-class), on shorenear Arcasson, where she was completely destroyed by HMS Sylph (18) on the 23rd.


1851 – The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America

 

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21 August 1883 - USS Trenton (1876) get Pioneer in Electricity for US Naval Vessels USS Trenton was the first U.S. Navy ship to have electric lights. A dynamo, engine, and lights were installed in the summer of 1883. The successful use of electricity on this ship led to the installation of...

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1766 - Launch of HMS Carysfort, 28-gun Coventry-class frigate


HMS Guadeloupe (1763) from the same class

1774 – Launch of HMS Boreas, a 28 gun Mermaid-class frigate - H. Nelson commanded her 1784 to 1787

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines and longitudinal half breadth as proposed and approved for Triton (1773), Greyhound (1773), Boreas (1774), all 28-gun, Sixth Rate Frigates, with later modifications to the bowspirit. Alterations shown to the bow and stern for Triton (1773), Greyhound (1773), Boreas (1774) as fitted.

1813 - HMS Colibri Sloop (16), John Thomson, wrecked in crossing the bar of Port Royal, Jamaica

Model by Berhard Frölich! More photos here: http://modelisme.arsenal.free.fr/artdumodelisme/Le Cyclope/indexgb.html

1819 - Commodore Oliver H. Perry, the hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, dies on board the schooner USS Nonsuch on his 34th birthday


1884 - The Battle of Fuzhou, or Battle of Foochow,

The Chinese flagship Yangwu and the corvette Fuxing under attack by French torpedo boats No. 46 and No. 45. Combat naval de Fou-Tchéou ('The naval battle at Foochow'), by Charles Kuwasseg, 1885

1898 – The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London

Expedition ship SS Southern Cross in the Derwent, Tasmania, used at The British Antarctic Expedition 1898–1900. She was built in Norway in 1886 as whaling ship Pollux.

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 23 August 1890 - USS Baltimore (Cruiser #3) departs New York Harbor to return the remains of inventor John Ericsson to his native Sweden. For the US Navy, Ericssons most notable designs are for USS Princeton and USS Monitor. John...

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1774 – Launch of HMS Enterprise, a 28 gun Enterprise-class frigate



Painting of an fictional model of the HMS Enterprise

1786 – Launch of HMS Elephant, a 74 gun Arrogant-class


1789 - The First Battle of Svensksund

Contemporary model of Brynhilda (built in 1776) at the Maritime Museum in Stockholm. The model is flying the blue three-tongued flag of the archipelago fleet from the stern.

1848 - Ocean Monarch was an emigration barque caught fire at sea and sank with the loss of 178 lives


1942 – World War II: The Battle of the Eastern Solomons. Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō is sunk, with the loss of 7 officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier USS Enterprise is heavily damaged

Oblique view of Ryūjō at speed, September 1934

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 23 August 1890 - USS Baltimore (Cruiser #3) departs New York Harbor to return the remains of inventor John Ericsson to his native Sweden. For the US Navy, Ericssons most notable designs are for USS Princeton and USS Monitor. John...

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1803 - HMS Seagull (16), Henry Burke, defeated East Indiaman Lord Nelson (late British) which was then boarded by boats of HMS Colossus (74)

Battle between Bellone and Lord Nelson

1819 – Launch of French Souverain, 118 gun Ocean-class type ship of the Line


1835 - Launch of HMS Vanguard


1843 - Steam frigate USS Missouri arrives at Gibralter completing first Trans-Atlantic crossing by U.S. steam powered ship - and burned by accident

The accidental Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar - pub by Ackerman in 1843 pic by Duncan, Edward, 1803-1882 (artist) and TG Mends

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Events on 26 August 1652 - Battle of Plymouth The Battle of Plymouth was a naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 16 August 1652 (26 August 1652 (Gregorian calendar))[a] and was a short battle, but had the...

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1652 - Battle of Plymouth


1767 - Launch of HMS Marlboro (1767 - 74)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines with stern quarter decoration, and longitudinal half-breadth proposed (and approved) for 'Monarch' (1765), and later applying to 'Ramilies' (1763), 'Invincible' (1765), 'Robust' (1764), 'Magnificent' (1766), and 'Marlborough' (1767), all 74-gun Third Rate, two-deckers. Signed by Thomas Slade [Surveyor of the Navy, 1755-1771]

1808 - HMS Implacable (74), Cptn. Thomas Byam Martin, and HMS Centaur (74), Cptn. W. H. Webley, captured Russian Vsevelod (74), Cptn. Roodneff, which was subsequently set on fire as it had run too firmly aground.


1859 - The Novara-Expedition, he first large-scale scientific, around-the-world mission of the Austrian Imperial navy is returning to Triest

SMS Novara in Venedig, nach 1862. Gemälde von Josef Püttner, HGM.

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Events on 26 August 1652 - Battle of Plymouth The Battle of Plymouth was a naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 16 August 1652 (26 August 1652 (Gregorian calendar))[a] and was a short battle, but had the...

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1814 – HMS Avon, a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1805, captured by USS Wasp, abandoned and sunk

U.S. Marines aboard USS Wasp engage the HMS Reindeer from the 1945 painting by American artist, Staff Sgt. John F. Clymer, on display at the U.S. National Museum of the Marine Corps

1816 - The Bombardment of Algiers

Bombardment of Algiers, 1823, by Martinus Schouman

1824 – Launch of french Suffren, a 90 gun ship oft he line and lead ship of her class

Straight walls of an arsenal model of Suffren, with the lower long 30-pounder battery, the upper short 30-pounder battery, and the 30-pounder carronadeson the deck


1896 - Anglo-Zanzibar War: The shortest war in world history (45 minutes from 09:00 to 09:45), between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.
1896 - His Highness' Ship HHS Glasgow sunk by british forces in Zanzibar

The HHS Glasgow, taken near Zanzibar. Caption given as "The Sultan's guardship before the Bombardement".

1942 - Launch of USS Iowa (BB 61)

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Events on 26 August 1652 - Battle of Plymouth The Battle of Plymouth was a naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 16 August 1652 (26 August 1652 (Gregorian calendar))[a] and was a short battle, but had the...

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1597 - The naval Battle of Chilcheollyang


1760 - Launch of HMS Essex, a 64-gun Essex-class third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy


1779 - Launch of HMS Montague, an Alfred-class 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Events on 26 August 1652 - Battle of Plymouth The Battle of Plymouth was a naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 16 August 1652 (26 August 1652 (Gregorian calendar))[a] and was a short battle, but had the...

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1778 - Battle of Rhode Island

Entry of the French squadron in Newport Bay (Drawing by Pierre Ozanne, 1778)

1782 HMS Royal George (1756 - 100) while heeled at Spithead off Portsmouth to repair the coppering with the lower deck guns run out, was struck by a sudden and violent squall which threw her over so much that water rushed in the open ports. She filled and sank killing Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt and about 900 crew.

A fictitious combination of two events set in Deptford Dockyard in southeast London, England, UK: the launch of the H.M.S. Cambridge (left) in Deptford on 21 October 1755, and the H.M.S. Royal George (right) which was actually launched at Woolwich Dockyard the following year


Sinking of Royal George

1916 - High waves force armored cruiser USS Memphis (ex USS Tennessee) aground at Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, killing 33 men. Lt. Claud A. Jones rescues crewmen from the dying ship's steam-filled engineering spaces. Years later, in Aug. 1932, Jones receives the Medal of Honor for his actions.

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History Events on 26 August 1652 - Battle of Plymouth The Battle of Plymouth was a naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 16 August 1652 (26 August 1652 (Gregorian calendar))[a] and was a short battle, but had the...

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1757 – Launch of HMS Diana, a 32 gun Southampton class Fifth rate frigate


1777 – Launch of French La Sibylle, a 32 gun Sibylle-class frigate

'Start of the action between HMS Magicienne and La Sibylle, 2 January 1783'.

1791 – HMS Pandora (1779 - 24 - Porcupine-class post ship) sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.

A beautiful scratch built model in scale 1:36 of the HMS Pandora was built by the hungarian modeler Gémes Attila

1799 – The entire Dutch fleet surrendered to the British navy under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.

disembark troops on the 27th

1948 - HMS Worcester foundered at river Thames

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 30 August 1777 – Launch of French La Sibylle, a 32 gun Sibylle-class frigate The ‘Sibylle’ was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched on 1st September 1777 at Brest. She was designed and built for the French Navy by Jacques-Noel Sane in...

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1591 - The Battle of Flores - (galleon Revenge sinking)

Revenge in action against the Spanish fleet 31 August – 1 September 1591 (Charles Dixon)

1772 - Launch of HMS Prince George, a 90 gun Barfleur-class Ship of the Line

Scale 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for 'Barfleur' (1768), and later for 'Prince George' (1772), 'Princess Royal' (1773) and 'Formidable' (1777), all 90-gun Second Rate, three-deckers.

1799 – Launch of French Chiffone, a 38 gun Heureuse-class frigate

lines & profile NMM, Progress Book, volume 5, folio 298, states that 'Chiffonne' arrived at Woolwich Dockyard on 3 March 1803 and was docked on 8 April to be recoppered. She was undocked on 23 May 1803, and sailed on 17 June 1808 having been fitted. NMM, Progress Book, volume 6, folio 373, states that 'Chiffonne' went to Sheerness Dockyard in 1804 for defects to be sorted, and then in 1808 and 1811 to Portsmouth Dockyard for repairs.

1986 – The Soviet passenger liner SS Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.

 

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Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 30 August 1777 – Launch of French La Sibylle, a 32 gun Sibylle-class frigate The ‘Sibylle’ was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate launched on 1st September 1777 at Brest. She was designed and built for the French Navy by Jacques-Noel Sane in...

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1777 – Launch of French 32 gun Sibylle, a Sibylle-class frigate


1800 - During the Quasi-War with France, the schooner, USS Experiment, commanded by Lt. Charles Stewart, captures the French privateer Deux Amix off Barbuda, West Indies.


1939 Battle of the Danzig Bay
The Battle of Danzig Bay (Polish: bitwa w Zatoce Gdańskiej) took place on 1 September 1939, at the beginning of the invasion of Poland, when Polish Navy warships were attacked by German Luftwaffe aircraft in Gdańsk Bay (then Danzig Bay). It was the first naval-air battle of World War II.