| 01 January |
1758 |
HMS Adventure, Cdr. John Bray, took privateer Machault (14) off Dungerness Road |
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1761 |
Loss of HMS Newcastle (50) and HMS Queenborough (24) in a cyclone in the East Indies. |
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1776 |
HMS Liverpool (28), Cptn. Henry Bellew, and consorts burnt Norfolk, Virginia. |
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1801 |
Horatio Nelson promoted vice-admiral. |
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1807 |
Squadron under Cptn. Charles Brisbane, Arethusa (38), captured Curacoa. |
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1809 |
HMS Onyx (10) captured Dutch corvette Manly (16) off Lincolnshire coast. |
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| 02 January |
1689 |
HMS Sedgemore (50) lost |
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1780 |
British squadron under Commodore Charles Fielding exacted the right to search a Dutch convoy escorted by a squadron under Rear-admiral Lodewijk van Bylandt. A brief naval engagement took place off the Isle of Wight. |
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1804 |
HMS Creole (38), Cptn. Austin Bissell, foundered in passage from Jamaica. |
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1809 |
HMS Amiable captured Iris. |
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| 03 January |
1695 |
Start of a 2 day capture of the HMS Nonsuch and HMS Falcon by the Francois. |
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1782 |
HMS Flying Fish (12) wrecked off Calais |
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1801 |
Boats of HMS Melpomene (38), Cptn. Sir Charles Hamilton, cut out a brig (18) in Senegal but it was lost to grounding during attempt. |
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1807 |
HMS Pickle schooner, Lt. Moses Cannadey, captured privateer cutter Favorite (14), E. J. Boutruche, off the Lizard. |
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| 04 January |
1748 |
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) joined the navy as an Able Seaman on HMS Gloucester (50) |
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1781 |
HMS Courageux (74), Cptn. Lord Mulgrave, took French frigate Minerve (32) in the Channel. |
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1795 |
HMS Blanche (32), Cptn. Robert Faulkner, captured Pique (38) off Dominica. |
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1799 |
HMS Wolverine (16), Cptn. Lewes Mortlock (Killed in Action), engaged French luggers Ruse and Furet. |
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1863 |
Blockading ship USS Quaker City captures sloop Mercury carrying despatches emphasizing desperate plight of the South. |
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| 05 January |
1709 |
HMS Arrogant (60), Cptn. George Nichols, foundered in a storm while taking naval stores from Lisbon to Port Mahon. |
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1798 |
HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. Robert Carthew Reynolds, sank privateer Cheri (26), Cptn. Chassin, off Ushant |
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1800 |
HMS Mastiff, Gun-boat No.35, Lt. James Watson, wrecked on Cockle Sands, Yarmouth Roads. |
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1806 |
British operation to capture the Cape of Good Hope bugun by a squadron under Commodore Sir Home Popham |
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1807 |
HMS Nautilus (18), Edward Palmer, wrecked off the Island of Pora. |
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1809 |
HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, captured Hebe (20) off Lisbon. |
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1814 |
Fortress of Gluckstadt on the Elbe captured, in co-operation with the Crown Prince of Sweden, by a British squadron under the command of Cptn. A. Farquhar of HMS Desiree (36) with HMS Shamrock schooner (10), J. Marshall, HMS Hearty brig (12), J. Eose, HMS Blazer brig (14), Lt. Francis Banks, HMS Piercer brig (14), Lt Joshua Kneeshaw, HMS Redbreast brig (12), Sir George Mouat Keith, and eight gun boats.
Fortress of Cattaro, Adriatic, taken by HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, and HMS Saracen (18), Cptn. John Harper.
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1855 |
USS Plymouth (22) crew skirmish with Chinese troops |
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| 06 January |
1760 |
HMS Mermaid (24), Cptn. James Hackman, wrecked off the Bahamas |
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1762 |
HMS Venus (32) Cptn. Harrison, took Boulogne. |
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1801 |
Boats of HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T. Rogers, captured French convoy of fifteen sail. |
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1806 |
HMS Favourite (16), Cdr. John Davie, captured by French squadron under Cptn. L'Hermite off West Africa |
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1807 |
Boats of HMS Imperieuse (38), Cptn. Lord Cochrane, destroyed a fortress in Bay of Arcasson, near Rochefort. |
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1813 |
Boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, took 5 French gun-brigs off Otranto.
Boats of HMS Havannah (36) ,Cptn. Hon. George Cadogan captured 3 vessels and a gunboat in a creek off the Adriatic.
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1814 |
HMS Tagus (38), Cptn. Philip Pipon, and HMS Niger (38), Cptn. Peter Ranier, took the French frigate Ceres (44), Cptn. Baron de Bourgainville, off Cape Verde Islands. |
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| 07 January |
1798 |
HMS Garnet, James Clark, wrecked on a reef off Cape François. |
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1799 |
HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Peter Halkett, wrecked running on Haak Sands, coast of Holland, whilst chasing a Dutch ship. |
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1805 |
HMS Sheerness (44), Cptn. Lord George Stuart, driven on shore and wrecked near Trincomalee when her cables parted during a hurricane . |
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1809 |
Start of British campaign to capture Cayenne. |
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1813 |
HMS Ferret Sloop (18), Francis Alexander Halliday, wrecked on Newbiggin Point, Northumberland. |
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| 08 January |
1761 |
HMS Unicorn (28) ,Cptn. Joseph Hunt (Killed in Action), took Vestal (26), M. Boisbertelot (Killed in Action), off the Penmarks. |
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1797 |
HMS Indefatigable (44), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, and HMS Amazon (36), Cptn. Robert Carthew Reynolds, drove ashore Droits de l'Homme (74) which was wrecked on the Penmarks. HMS Amazon also wrecked on the sands at Adiant. |
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1798 |
HMS Kingfisher (18), Cptn. Charles Herbert Pierrepont, Earl Manvers, captured French privateer Betsey (16). |
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1811 |
HMS Fleur de la Mer (8), Lt. John Alexander (3), foundered in the Atlantic |
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| 09 January |
1735 |
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) born |
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1801 |
HMS Constitution (14), Lt. Whiston, captured by two French cutters then re-captured by HMS Harpy (18), William Birchall, and HMS Greyhound (32). |
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1806 |
Nelson's funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. |
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1809 |
HMS Morne Fortunée (12) wrecked off Martinique. |
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| 10 January |
1755 |
Adam Duncan confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant. |
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1810 |
HMS Plover (18), Philip Browne, took the French privateer brig Saratu (14), M. Rosse, off St. Malo.
Boats of HMS Christian VII (80), Cptn. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, and HMS Armide (38), Cptn. Lucius Hardyman, attacked in Basque Road a French convoy of 4 vessels. 3 were driven ashore and completely burnt, the fourth, a chasse-maree, was taken.
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1811 |
Tamatave bombarded by British. |
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1847 |
American naval forces occupy Los Angeles. |
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| 11 January |
1742 |
HMS Tiger (32), Cptn. Edward Herbert, wrecked on a key near Tortuga |
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1761 |
HMS Seahorse (24), Cptn. James Smith, and HMS Unicorn (28), Lt. John Symons-Acting, engaged Le Grand (34) off Start Point |
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1794 |
HMS Juno (32), Cptn. Samuel Hood, having unwarily entered Toulon after the British evacuation came under fire from shore batteries but escaped. |
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1809 |
HMS Magnet Sloop (18), Lt. George Morris, struck Saltholme Shoal but got off then wrecked on another shoal in the Malmo Channel, Baltic. |
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1810 |
HMS Cherokee (10), Cdr. Richard Arthur, boarded and carried Aimable Nelly (16) anchored near Dieppe pier head under the batteries. |
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1863 |
CSS Alabama (8) Steam-sloop, Raphael Semmes, sinks USS Hatteras Paddle-steamer Gunboat, Cdr. Henry T. Blake, off Galveston |
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| 12 January |
1794 |
HMS Sphinx captured Trompeuse (16) near Cape Clear Island. |
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1799 |
HMS Weazle (14) wrecked off Barnstaple Bay |
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1805 |
HMS Doris (36), Cptn. Patrick Campell, struck the Diamond Rock rock in Quiberon Bay. Due to leak sustained, 3 days later off the Loire, the ship was set on fire and she burned until her after magazine blew up and she sank |
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1810 |
HMS Scorpion (18), Cptn. Francis Stanfell, captured Oreste (16), Lt. Monnier, off Basse-Terre. |
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1813 |
US Frigate Chesapeake (38), Cptn. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant Volunteer |
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1847 |
US Sloop Lexington (6) landed party at San Blas, Mexico and captured guns. |
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1922 |
HMS Victory (100) entered Portsmouth dock where she remains to this day
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| 13 January |
1741 |
HMS Otter (8) wrecked off Aldeburgh |
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1798 |
Lt. Lord Camelford, commanding HMS Favorite (16), shot dead Lt. Charles Peterson commanding, HMS Perdrix(22), for mutiny in an argument over seniority at English Harbour, Antigua |
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1811 |
Cumberland merchant ship, Cptn. Barret with 26 men, defeated four French privateers, taking 170 men, who had boarded the Cumberland, prisoners.
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1815 |
Capture of St. Mary's, Georgia, by the British over 2 days. |
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1818 |
HMS Shark (16), Lt. Charles Newton Hunter, wrecked at Jamaica |
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| 14 January |
1798 |
HMS Sibylle (38), Cptn. Edward Cooke, and HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, at Caista Roads, Manilla. |
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1805 |
HMS Doris (36), Cptn. Patrick Campbell, badly damaged striking the Diamond Rock was set on fire and blown up near the mouth of the Loire |
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1813 |
US Frigate Chesapeake (38), Cptn. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant brig Liverpool Hero |
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| 15 January |
1743 |
HMS Sapphire (44), Cptn. Charles Holmes, sank two Spanish Privateers and destroyed three at Vigo. |
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1808 |
HMS Sparkler (12), Lt. James Samuel Asked Dennis, driven ashore by a gale and wrecked on the Dutch coast |
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1809 |
HMS Pigeon (4), Lt. Richard Cox, ran ashore near Margate and was bilged |
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1814 |
Cutter of HMS Castor (32), Cptn. Charles Dilkes, took L'Heureux (1) under the guns of Montjui. |
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1815 |
Squadron of 4 British ships, HMS Majestic (54), Commodore John Hayes, HMS Endymion (50), Cptn. Henry Hope, HMS Tenedos (38), Cptn. Hyde Parker, and HMS Pomone (38), Cptn. Philip Cartaret, captured USS President (44), Commodore Stephen Decatur, off New York. |
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| 16 January |
1704 |
HMS Colchester (48), Cptn. David Wavell, foundered at Whitsand Bay |
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1780 |
Moonlight Battle. British fleet under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara and relieve Gibraltar. |
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1798 |
Boats of HMS Babel captured Desiree. |
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1801 |
HMS Garland (22), Cptn. Robert Honyman, and consorts captured Eclair, &c. |
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1808 |
HMS Linnet (14), Lt. John Tracy, captured Cherbourg privateer lugger Courier (18), Cptn. Alex Black, off Cape Barfleur. |
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1814 |
Start of 5 day engagement in which HMS Venerable (74), Cptn. James Andrew Worth, and HMS Cyane (22), Cptn. Thomas Forrest, took L'Iphigenie (38) and Alcmene (44) off Madeira |
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| 17 January |
1741 |
HMS Astrea storeship, Cptn. Swanton, accidentally burnt at Piscaraway [Piscatagua]. |
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1770 |
HMS Jamaica (14) foundred off Jamaica |
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1815 |
HMS Sylph (18), George Dickins, struck the Southampton Bar at Shinecock Bay (or Canoe Place) at the east end of Long Island, capsized, and broke in two. |
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| 18 January |
1813 |
Start of campaign to capture islands of Lagosta and Carzola, Adriatic, by HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Bridges W. Taylor, and troops. |
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1814 |
HMS Severn (40), Cptn. Joseph Nourse, escorting a convoy engaged French frigates Etoile (40), Cptn. Pierre-Henri Phillibert, and Sultane (40), Cptn. Georges Du-Petit-Thouars. |
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| 19 January |
1678 |
HMS Guernsey engaged an Algerine Corsair. |
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1799 |
HMS Grampus (20) Store-ship, wrecked near Woolwich. |
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1804 |
HMS Fearless Gun-boat (12), Lt. Williams, driven on shore and wrecked in Cawsand Bay. |
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1809 |
HMS Flora (36), Cptn. L. Otway Bland, wrecked on the coast of Holland. |
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1811 |
HMS Satellite (16), Hon. Willoughby Bertie, foundered in the Channel |
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1839 |
Capture of Aden by HMS Volage (28), Cptn. Henry Smith, and troops. |
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| 20 January |
1783 |
Great Britain and the United States sign a provisional peace treaty proclaiming an end to hostilities. |
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1801 |
HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T. Rogers, captured Sans Pareille (20), Lt. Gabriel Renault, off Sardinia. |
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1809 |
HMS Claudia Cutter (10), Lt. Anthony Bliss William Lord, wrecked off Norway. |
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1810 |
French convoy driven on shore near La Rochelle. |
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1817 |
HMS Jaspar Sloop wrecked on Rocks under Mount Batten, entrance of Catwater.
HMS Telegraph (14), Lt. John Little, wrecked by a gale whilst anchored off the Eastern Hoe in Plymouth Sound.
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| 21 January |
1782 |
HMS Blonde (32), Cptn. Andrew Barclay, wrecked on Nantucket Shoal |
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1805 |
HMS Julia wrecked on Castle Rocks at the entrance of Dartmouth Harbour. |
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1807 |
Boats of HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. George Sayer, captured French corvette Lynx (16) off the coast of Venezuela |
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1810 |
Batteries at Baie Mahout, Guadaloupe, destroyed by British. |
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| 22 January |
1755 |
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) passed as Lieutenant |
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1794 |
HEICS Britannia, Cptn. Thomas Cheap, and HEICS Nonsuch, Cptn. John Canning, captured French privateers Vengeur (34), Cptn. Corosin, and Resolu (26), Cptn. Jallineaux, off Zuften isles. |
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1798 |
HMS Sybylle (44), Cptn. Edward Cooke, and HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, at Sambangen on the island of Majindiao. |
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1800 |
Cptn. Thomas Tingey USN ordered to duty as first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard |
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1807 |
HMS Felix (14), Lt. Robert Clarke (2), wrecked near Santander |
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1809 |
HMS Cleopatra (32), Cptn. Samuel John Brooke-Petchell, HMS Jason (32), Cptn. William Maude, and HMS Hazard (16), Hugh Cameron, captured Topaze (48), Cptn. Lahalle, anchored under a small battery south of Point Noir, Guadeloupe.
HMS Primrose (18), James Mein, wrecked on the Manacle near Falmouth.
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| 23 January |
1761 |
HMS Minerva (32), Cptn. Alexander Hood, took Warwick. (34), M. la Verger de Belair, 30 leagues west of Cape Pinas
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1781 |
HMS Culloden (74), Cptn. Balfour, wrecked on the east end of Long Island in a gale. |
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1793 |
HMS Providence, Cptn. William Bligh, and HMS Assistant arrive St Vincent, West Indies, on 2nd breadfruit voyage. |
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1798 |
HMS Melampus (36), Cptn. Graham Moore, captured French corvette Volage (22), M. Desageneaux. |
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1801 |
The company of HMS Active (38), in a Spanish prize, captured Sta. Maria. |
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1807 |
HMS Felix Schooner (14), Lt. Robert Clarke(2), wrecked in St. Andero Bay, near Santander.
HMS Orpheus (32) wrecked on a coral reef in the West Indies
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1814 |
HMS Astrea (36), Cptn. John Everleigh, and HMS Creole (36), Cptn. George C. Mackenzie, engaged Etoile and Sultane off the island of Maio. |
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| 24 January |
1761 |
HMS Richmond (32), Cptn. Elphinstone, destroyed Felicite (32), Cptn. Donell (Killed in Action), off Flanders.
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| 25 January |
1782 |
The Battle of St Kitts (aka The Battle of Frigate Bay). The British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood out manouvered and was attacked by a larger French fleet under the Comte de Grasse off Basse Terre, St. Kitts. Hood repulsed repeated attacks but could not prevent the loss of the Island.
HMS Solebay (28) wrecked off Nevis
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1794 |
HEICS Houghton, Cptn. Hudson, and HEICS Nonsuch, Cptn. John Canning, engaged Cybele off Saint-Nicholas point, Java |
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1800 |
HMS Brazen (18), Cptn. J. Hanson, driven by a gale on to the Ave Rocks near Newhaven and wrecked. |
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1824 |
HMS Columbine Sloop (18) wrecked in the harbour of Port Longue, Island of Sapienza |
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| 26 January |
1793 |
Horatio Nelson appointed to command HMS Agamemnon (64). |
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1808 |
William Bligh deposed as governor of NSW by 'Rum Rebellion' mutiny. |
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| 27 January |
1695 |
Capture of Content and Trident by an English Squadron. |
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1801 |
HMS Oiseau (32), Cptn. Linzee, and HMS Sirius (36), Cptn. Richard King, captured Dedaigneuse (36) off Cape Finisterre.
HMS Amethyst (36), Capt. John Cooke, and HMS Sirius (36), Cptn. Richard King, captured the Spanish letter of marque Charlotta some 20 miles north of Cape Belem
HMS Concorde (36), Cptn. Barton, engaged Bravure about 75 miles west of Cape Finisterre.
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1807 |
HMS Lark (16), Cptn. Robert Nicholas, captured two Spanish guarda costa schooners bound for Porto Bello, Postillon (3) and Carmen (5).
HMS Jason (32), Cptn. Thomas John Cochrane, re-took Favourite (16), Lt. Le Marant Daniel, off the Soramine River, Surinam.
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1813 |
HMS Daring (12), Lt. William R. Pascoe, was run ashore on Tamara (one of the Loss Islands, off Guinea) and burnt when threatened by two French frigates, Arethuse and Rubis. |
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1816 |
Samuel Hood died |
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| 28 January |
1778 |
Second American New Providence Expedition raises the flag with thirteen stripes over Fort Nassau. |
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1799 |
HMS Proserpine (28), Cptn. James Wallis, struck sand bank in the river Elbe in bad weather and wrecked. |
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1801 |
HMS Forte (44), Cptn. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, wrecked on a sunken rock in the harbour of Jedda, Red Sea. |
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1805 |
HMS Gipsy destroyed privateer schooner. |
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1806 |
HMS Growler (12), Lt. Thomas Nesbitt, captured French privateer lugger Voltigeur (6) off St. Malo.
HMS Attack (14), Lt. Thomas Swain, captured French privateer lugger Sorcier (14), Guillaume Francoise Neele, off St. Malo.
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1812 |
HMS Manilla (38), Cptn. John Joyce, wrecked on Haaks, Texel. |
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1814 |
Surrender of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, HMS Saracen (18), John Harper, and troops. |
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| 29 January |
1703 |
HMS Lincoln (48) foundered |
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1719 |
HMS Crown (48) wrecked off the Tagus |
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1781 |
Wilmington surrendered to the Blonde (32), Cptn. Andrew Barclay, with HMS Delight (14), HMS Otter (14) and consorts. |
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1801 |
HMS Bourdelais (24), Cptn. Thomas Manby, sunk French national corvette La Curieuse (18), Cptn. Radelet, off Barbados |
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1805 |
HMS Raven (14), Lt.(act. Cdr.) William Layman, wrecked on the beach at Santa Catalina, near Cadiz. |
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1810 |
Boats of HMS Phoenix (36), Cptn Thomas Baker, and HMS Jalouse (18) captured Charles (14). |
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1814 |
HMS Holly Schooner (8), Lt. Samuel Sharpe Treacher, parted her cables in a violent gale and ran onto the rocks under the Mount of San Sebastian and was wrecked. |
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| 30 January |
1761 |
HMS Venus (32), Cptn. Harrison, and HMS Juno (32), Capt. Henry Towry, took La Brune (32), to the westward of Scilly |
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1779 |
HMS Weazel (16), Cdr. Lewis Robertson, was taken by La Boudeuse (36) ROBERTSON, off St. Eustatia. |
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1794 |
HMS Amphitrite (24), Cptn. Anthony Hunt, wrecked after striking an uncharted submerged rock whilst on passage between Elba and Livorno. |
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1808 |
HMS Delight captured by the French at Reggio. |
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1809 |
Start of Sir A. Cochrane's campaign to capture Martinique. |
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1862 |
USS Monitor launched |
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| 31 January |
1779 |
HMS Apollo (32), Cptn. Philemon Pownall, took Oiseau. |
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1797 |
HMS Andromache (32) captured an Algerine corsair. |
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1808 |
HMS Delight Sloop (16) wrecked on the coast of Calabria.
HMS Leda (38), Cptn. Robert Honeyman, wrecked at the entrance of Milford Haven.
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1812 |
HMS Laurel (36), Cptn. Samuel Campbell Rowley, wrecked on the sunken Govivas rock in Teigneuse Passage, Quiberon Bay. |
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1823 |
HMS Naiad (38), Cptn. Robert Cavendish Spencer, and HMS Cameleon (10) captured Algerine corsair Tripoli (18). |
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1828 |
HMS Cambrian (38), Cptn. Gawen William Hamilton, wrecked in attacking piratesoff the fort at Grabusa (or Carabousa), a small island about a mile off Akra Vouxa, the north-west point of Crete. |
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General HNF Info 
These pages list the key dates in the history of the sailing navies of the world.
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