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1804 |
HMS Weazle (16), Lt. William Layman (acting), driven ashore during a gale near Cabritta Point in Gibraltar Bay and wrecked. |
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1805 |
HMS Imogene (18) foundered on passage from the Leeward Islands.
HMS Redbridge (10), Act. Lt. Francis Blower Gibbs, foundered near Jamaica
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1807 |
HMS Hirondelle (16), Lt Skinner, and boats of HMS Glatton (56), Cptn. Thomas Seccombe, cut out a Turkish corvette (10) from the port of Sigri. |
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| 02 March |
1709 |
HMS Assurance (70), Cptn. Anthony Tollet, HMS Assistance (50), Cptn. Abraham Tudor (Killed in Action), HMS Anglesea (44) and consort escorting a convoy engaged 4 French ships under commodore Duguay-Trouin off the Lizard. |
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1741 |
HMS Wolf (14), Cptn. Dandridge, wrecked on the coast of Florida |
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1760 |
HMS Tartar's Prize (28), Cptn. Thomas Baillie, wrecked in the Mediterranean. |
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1783 |
HMS Resistance (44) took French Coquette (28) |
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1800 |
HMS Nereide (38), Cptn. Frederick Watkins, captured privateer Vengeance (16) |
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1801 |
HMS Cobourg (16), Lt. Wright, captured French privateer lugger Bienvenue (14) and retook two of her prizes. |
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1807 |
HMS Pigmy (14), Lt. George M. Higginson, wrecked near Rochefort |
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1808 |
HMS Sappho (18), George Langford, captured Danish brig Admiral Jawl (28).
HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. W. Selby, HMS Circe (32), Cptn. Hugh Pigot, and HMS Camilla (20), Cptn. John Bowen, capture the Island of Marie Galante.
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1810 |
Boats of HMS Cornwallis (54), Cptn. William Augustus Montagur, carried Margaretta (8) off the island of Amblaw |
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1811 |
Buonaparte levied 3,000 seamen in the three departments of the Mouths of the Elbe, the Wezer, and the Upper Ems, in discharge of their maritime conscription. |
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1859 |
Launch of paddle steamer USS Saginaw (4) at Mare Island, first Navy ship built on West Coast of U.S. |
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| 03 March |
1776 |
First amphibious landing operation. Continental naval squadron under Commodore Esek Hopkins lands Sailors and Marines on New Providence Island in the Bahamas, capturing urgently-needed ordnance and gunpowder. |
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1801 |
The Battle of the West Kay. The Danish brig Lougen, Lt Cmdr Carl W. Jessen, engages British frigates HMS Experiment and HMS Arab off the West Kay at the Danish West Indies. Both frigates are forced to flee. |
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1824 |
HMS Dwarf (10), Lt. Nicholas Gould, wrecked after ran against the Pier in Kingstown Harbour. |
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| 04 March |
1650 |
Five Dutch ships Aagtekerke jacht, Tijger frigate, Luipaard jacht, Bergen op Zoom jacht, and Juffer (flute) lost in the Far East |
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1653 |
Battle of Leghorn. Dutch fleet of 16 ships, under Commodore Johan van Galen (Mortally wounded), defeated English squadron of 6 ships, under Cptn. Henry Appleton, attempting to break out of blockade at Leghorn and join Cptn. Richard Badiley's 8 ships. 3 ships were captured and 2 destroyed. |
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1804 |
Boats of HMS Blenheim (90), Cptn. Thomas Graves, failed to cut out French national schooner Curieux. |
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1807 |
HMS Blanche (38), Cptn. Thomas Lavie, wrecked off Ushant. |
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| 05 March |
1800 |
HMS Phoebe (36), Cptn. Robert Barlow, captured Heureux (22). |
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1804 |
Cutter of HMS Eclair (10), Lt. Carr, cut out privateer Rose from La Hayes, Guadeloupe |
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| 06 March |
1740 |
British squadron, under Vice Admiral Edward Vernon, commences 4 day bombardment of Cartagena. |
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1811 |
HMS Thistle (8), Lt. George M'Pherson, wrecked near New York |
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1822 |
USS Enterprise captures four pirate ships in Gulf of Mexico |
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1862 |
USS Monitor departs New York for Hampton Roads, VA |
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| 07 March |
1665 |
HMS London (64) blew up in an accident and sank in the Thames estuary. |
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1762 |
HMS Milford (28), Cptn. Robert Mann (Killed in Action), took privateer La Gloire (16) in the Bay of Biscay |
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1778 |
HMS Yarmouth (64), Cptn. Vincent, was engaged by Continental frigate Randolph (32), Cptn. Nicholas Biddle, which exploded, killing all but 4 of her 315 man crew. |
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1795 |
HMS Berwick (74), Cptn. Littlejohn (Killed in Action) captured by French fleet off Cap Corse, Mediterranean. |
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1804 |
Boats of HMS Inconstant (36), Cptn. Edward Sterling Dickson, cut out a ship at Goree. |
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1810 |
Cuthbert Collingwood died. |
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1814 |
American privateer Mars destroyed at Sandy Hook. |
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| 08 March |
1748 |
British squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Knowles reduced Port Louis, Hispaniola. |
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1794 |
HMS Convert (36) wrecked on the Grand Caymanes, West Indies. |
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1796 |
HMS Orpheus (32) engaged Banda batteries: Banda Isles taken. |
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1806 |
Boats of HMS Egyptienne (40), Cptn. Charles Paget, cut out French privateer frigate Alcide (48) from the harbour of Muros |
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1808 |
HMS San Fiorenzo (38), Cptn. George Nicholas Hardinge (Killed in Action), captured Piemontaise (50), Cptn. Epron, in the Gulf of Mannar |
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1854 |
Commodore Matthew Perry opens treaty negotiations with Japan |
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1862 |
Ironclad ram CSS Virginia destroys USS Cumberland and USS Congress |
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| 09 March |
1778 |
HMS Ariadne (20), Cptn. Pringle, and HMS Ceres (18), Cptn. Dacres, took American frigate Alfred (20) off the Bahamas. Her consort Raleigh escaped.
HMS Victory's first captain Sir John Lindsay took command of her
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1796 |
Boats of HMS Barfleur (98), Cptn. James Dacres, Vice Ad. Sir Wm. Waldegrave, HMS Egmont (74), Cptn. John Sutton, HMS Bombay Castle (74) with two other 74s, brought out the captured British frigate Nemesis (28), French ship-corvette Sardine (18)and brig-corvette Postillon from the neutral port of Tunis. |
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1797 |
HMS San Fiorenzo (38), Cptn. Sir H. Burrard Neale, and HMS Nymphe (36) captured French frigate Resistance (40) and corvette Constance (22) off Brest. |
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1847 |
Commodore David Connor USN leads successful amphibious assault near Vera Cruz, Mexico |
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1862 |
First battle between ironclads, USS Monitor and CSS Virginia in Hampton Roads |
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| 10 March |
1705 |
A French squadron of 14 ships, under Rear Admiral Jean-Bernard Desjeans, blockading Gibraltar engaged by a combined British, Dutch and Portugese fleet, under Sir John Leake, off Marbella. HMS Revenge (70), Sir Thomas Dilkes, took Arrogant (60) and two more French line-of-battle ships were taken and two driven ashore where they were burnt. |
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1783 |
Last Naval action of the American Revolution. Continental frigate Alliance (36), departed Havana with companion ship Due de Lauzun carrying money for Congress. South of Cape Canaveral, Florida, she sighted three enemy warships closing in. To protect Due de Lauzen, Barry placed Alliance between the vessel and HMS Sibyl (28), Cptn. James Vashon. After being damaged in battle, Sibyl returned to enemy warships that had not joined in the battle. |
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1796 |
HMS Phaeton (38), Cptn. Hon. Robert Stopford, captured Bonne Citoyenne (20) off Cape Finisterre |
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1800 |
HMS Repulse (64), Cptn. John Alms, struck a sunken rock off Ushant. |
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| 11 March |
1778 |
Continental frigate Boston (24), Cptn. Samuel Tucker, captured the British ship Martha in the North Atlantic |
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1787 |
Horatio Nelson marries Frances Misbet at Nevis. Prince William Henry gave the bride away. |
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1835 |
HMS Jackdaw (4), Lt. Cdr. Edward Barnett, wrecked on uncharted reef off Old Providence. |
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1846 |
HMS Osprey (18), Frederick Patten, wrecked off False Hoklanga, New Zealand. |
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| 12 March |
1672 |
Sir Robert Holmes' Action against Dutch Smyrna merchant convoy and escorts. |
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1704 |
British squadron of HMS Kent (70), HMS Bedford (70), Sir Thomas Hardy, and HMS Antelope (50), Cptn. Thomas Legge, under Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Dilkes engaged and captured three Spanish ships Porto Coeli (60), Santa Teresa (60) and the merchant frigate San Nicolas (24) |
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1809 |
HMS Topaze (38), Cptn. A. J. Griffiths, engaged Danae and Flora.
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1814 |
HMS Primrose (18), Charles Phillott, engaged by mistake a British brig packet Duke of Marlborough, Cptn. Bull, off Cape Finisterre. |
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| 13 March |
1761 |
HMS Vengeance (28), Cptn. Gamaliel Nightingale, took Entreprenant (26). |
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1780 |
HMS Alexander (74) and HMS Courageux (74), Cptn. Charles Feilding, took Monsieur. |
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1793 |
HMS Scourge (14), William Stap, captured richly laden French ship Sans Culotte. |
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1795 |
HMS Lively (32), Cptn. George Burlton, captured Tourterelle (28), Cptn. Guillaume S. A. Montalan, off Ushant |
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1797 |
HMS Viper captured Virgen Maria del Carmen
HMS Plymouth captured Amitie.
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1804 |
HMS Emerald (36), Cptn James O'Bryen, and armed sloop Fort Diamond, Thomas Forrest, cut out privateer schooner Mozambique (10), Citizen Vallentes, from under the battery at Seron, Martinique |
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1806 |
HMS London (90) and HMS Amazon (38) captured Marengo (80), Rear Ad. Linois, and Belle Poule (40) supported by Rear Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron in the Atlantic. |
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1808 |
HMS Emerald (36), Frederick Lewis Maitland, took French corvette Apropos (12) in Vivero harbour but had to blow her up after she went aground under fire. |
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1811 |
Battle of Lissa. Cptn. William Hoste with 3 frigates and one 22 gun ship defeated a Franco-Venetian squadron of 6 frigates and 6 smaller vessels under Bernard Dubourdieu |
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| 14 March |
1704 |
HMS Seahorse (24) wrecked off Jamaica |
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1757 |
Admiral John Byng executed by firing squad on the forecastle of HMS Monarch in the Solent |
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1779 |
HMS Rattlesnake (10) took Fenelon. |
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1790 |
William Bligh arrived back in Britain after Bounty Mutiny. |
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1795 |
Battle of Genoa. British-Neapolitan fleet of 14 ships, under Vice Admiral Hotham, defeated French fleet of 13 ships, under Rear Admiral Pierre Martin. French ships Ça Ira (84) and Censeur were captured. HMS Illustrious (74), Cptn. Thomas Lennox Frederick was too badly damaged and was set on fire.
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1804 |
HMS Drake (14), Lt. Samuel W. King, captured two prizes off Englishman's Head in Guadeloupe. |
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1808 |
The Danish brig Lougen (20), Lt. Peter F. Wulff, engaged the British brig HMS Childers (16), William H. Dillon, away after several hours of battle, off Hitterø in Norway . |
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1823 |
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent died |
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1863 |
R.Adm. Farragut's squadron of 7 ships forces way up Mississippi River to support Union troops at Vicksburg and Baton Rouge |
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| 15 March |
1759 |
HMS Aeolus (32), Cptn. John Elliot, took Mignone (20) |
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1793 |
HMS Syren (32) engaged batteries at Moordyke. |
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1807 |
Boats of HMS Camus cut out six merchantmen. |
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1808 |
Start of 6 day engagement between HMS Terpsichore (28), Cptn. William Augustus Montague, and French frigate Semillante (40), Cptn. Motard, off Ceylon |
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1809 |
Boats of HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Robert Mends, carried the batteries and destroyed the gunsat Lequito.
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| 16 March |
1781 |
Battle of Cape Henry. A British squadron of 8 ships, under Vice Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot, engaged a French squadron of 7 ships, under Cptn. Des Touches. |
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1782 |
HMS Success (32), Cptn. Charles Maurice Pole, took Spanish frigate Santa Catalina (34), Don Jacen, off Cape Spartel. She was set her on fire when other enemy ships closed. |
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1801 |
HMS Invincible (74), Cptn. John Rennie, wrecked on Hasborough Sands, near Yarmouth. |
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| 17 March |
1796 |
HMS Diamond (38), Cptn. Sir Sidney Smith, HMS Liberty (14), Lt. George M'Kinley, and HMS Aristocrat (12), Lt. Abraham Gossett, took and destroyed enemy vessls at Port Spergni. |
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1800 |
HMS Queen Charlotte (100) Cptn. Andrew Todd, caught fire and blew up off the island of Cabrera |
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1804 |
HMS Penguin (16), G. Morris, drove aground French privateer schooner Renommee, Citizen Renaud, on the bar at Senegal. She was set on fire and destroyed by the ships boats on the 24th. |
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1806 |
Boats of HMS Pique (14), Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross, captured Spanish armed schooner Santa Clara off Ocoa Bay |
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1807 |
British disembarkation at Alexandria. |
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1864 |
The Danish Blockade Squadron in the eastern part of the Baltic, composed of the Ship-of-the-line Skjold, the frigate Sjaelland and the corvettes Hejmdal and Thor, under Rear Ad. Carl E. van Dockum, fire at and drive away the Prussian frigate Arcona, the corvette Nymphe, the paddle steamer Loreley and 5 steam gunboats, under Kapitän zur See Jachmann, off Swinemünde. |
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| 18 March |
1736 |
HMS Biddeford (20) foundered off Flamborough Head. |
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1757 |
HMS Greenwich (50), Cptn. Robert Rodham, taken by French Squadron of 8 large vessels off Cape Cabron. |
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1799 |
HMS Telegraph (16), Lt. James Andrew Worth, captured French privateer brig Hirondelle (16) off the Isle of Bas |
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1813 |
Battery at Carri, to the west of Marseilles, destroyed by boats of HMS Undaunted (38), Cptn. Thomas Ussher |
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| 19 March |
1779 |
HMS Arethusa (32), Cptn. Samuel Marshall, wrecked off Ushant |
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| 20 March |
1780 |
HMS Lion (64), Cptn. William Cornwallis, HMS Bristol (50) and HMS Janus (44) chased by M. de la Motte Piquet, who had four 74 gun ships and two frigates, off Monte Christi, St. Domingo. |
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1796 |
HMS Anson (64), HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. Richard Keats, and consorts under Sir John Borlase Warren engaged with French convoy captured L'Etoile (30), one of five French frigates in escort of a provision fleet of 70 sail. |
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1799 |
Siege of Acre begins. Napoleon besieges Ottoman forces supported by British squadron under Sidney Smith, HMS Tigre (74) |
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1801 |
St Bartholomew capitulated to British under Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth. |
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1809 |
Boats of HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Robert Mends, destroyed batteries at Baigno and Paissance. |
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| 21 March |
1796 |
HMS Leviathan (74), Cptn. J. T. Duckworth, HMS Swiftsure (74) and HMS Africa (64), Cptn. Robert Home, bombarded Leogane, San Domingo |
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1800 |
HMS Petrel (16), Francis William Austen, drove 2 armed vessels ashore and captured Ligurienne (16) in the Bay of Marseilles |
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1806 |
Boats of HMS Colpoys (14), Thomas Ussher, cut out 3 Spanish luggers, Santa Buena Ventura (2), San Antonio (2) and San Real, from the port of Avilles. |
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1807 |
Alexandria capitulated to British. |
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1813 |
Boats of HMS Blazer (14), Lt. Francis Banks, and HMS Brevdrageren, Lt. Thomas Baker Devon, took Danish gunboats Jonge Troutman (5), Lt. Lutkin, and Liebe (5), Lt. Writt, in the River Elbe |
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| 22 March |
1797 |
HMS Hermione (32), Cptn. Pigot, destroyed vessels at Porto Rico. |
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1798 |
HMS Canada (38), Commodore Sir John Borlase Warren, HMS Phaeton (38), Cptn. Robert Stopford, and HMS Anson (38) engaged Charente (36) off the Gironde |
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1801 |
Boats of HMS Andromache (32), Cptn. Robert Laurie,and HMS Cleopatra (32), Cptn. Israel Pellew, attack a convoy of 30 vessels protected by 3 gun vessels in the Bay of Levita, Cuba. |
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1808 |
HMS Aigle (36), Cptn. George Wolfe, engaged off Ile de Croix by batteries forced 1 of 2 frigates, Furieuse (40), ashore.
The Battle of Sjællands Odde. Danish Prinds Christian Frederik (74), Cmdr. Carl W. Jessen, engaged English squadron of HMS Stately (64), Commodore George Parker, HMS Nassau and 3 frigates. She grounded outside Odden harbor, was set on fire and exploded.
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1810 |
Start of campaign by HMS Magnificent (74), Cptn. G. Eyre, HMS Montagu (74), Cptn. Moubray, HMS Belle Poule (38), Cptn. James Brisbane, HMS Leonidas (36), Cptn. Anselm John Griffiths, and HMS Imogene (16), Thomas Garth, which captured Santa Maura. |
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1813 |
HMS Captain (hulk) caught fire in the Hamoaze, Plymouth and sank the next day after burning to the waterline.
Two French vessels taken at Vasto by boats of HMS Havannah (36), Cptn. Hon. George Cadogan.
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1820 |
Commodore Stephen Decatur dies after duel with Cptn. James Barron |
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| 23 March |
1804 |
HMS Osprey (18), George Younghusband, engaged French privateer Egyptienne (36), M. Placiard |
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1805 |
Boats of HMS Stork (18), George Le Geyt, cut out Dutch privateer Antelope and a brig from Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico |
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1815 |
USS Hornet (20), James Lawrence, captures HMS Penguin (18), James Dickinson, off Tristan da Cuhna |
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| 24 March |
1801 |
HMS Fulminante Cutter (10), Lt. Robert Corbett, drifted on Shore at La Cruelle, coast of Egypt.
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1804 |
HMS Wolverine (16), Henry Gordon, while escorting a convoy to Newfoundland, engaged and sunk by two French privateers, one Blonde (36) and another (20). |
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1806 |
HMS Reindeer (18), John Fyffe, engaged Voltigeur (16), Jacques Saint-Cricq, and Phaeton (16), Louis-Henri Freycinet-Saulce. |
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1808 |
HMS Muros (22), Cptn. Archibald Duff, wrecked at the entrance of the Harbour of Bahia Honda, Cuba. |
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1811 |
HMS Berwick (74), Cptn. James Macnamara, HMS Amelia (38), Cptn. Frederick Paul Irby, HMS Goshawk (16), James Lilburne, HMS Hawk and HMS Niobe (38), Cptn. J. W. Loring, destroyed Amazone (40) off Cape Barfleur in a 2 day engagement. |
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| 25 March |
1802 |
Treaty of Amiens signed, ending French Revolutionary Wars. |
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1804 |
HMS Hippomenes, Conway Shipley, captured French privateer Egyptienne.
HMS Magnificent (74), Cptn. W. H. Jervis, wrecked near the Pierres Noires, Brest.
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1808 |
HMS Milbrook Schooner (18), Lt. James Leach, wrecked on the Burlings.
HMS Electra Sloop (16), G. Trollope, wrecked on a reef at the entrance of Port Augusta, Sicily.
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1813 |
USS Essex (46), Cptn. David Porter, takes Neryeda, first capture by U.S. Navy in Pacific |
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| 26 March |
1745 |
Vice Admiral Martin captured French La Panthere (26) and convoy of 5 sail in the channel |
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1803 |
HMS Determinee (24), Cptn. Alexander Becher, stuck broadside on to a sunken rock and bilged near Noirmont Point on the western side of St. Aubyn Bay. |
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1806 |
HMS Pique (40), Charles Bayne Hodgson Ross, captured Voltigeur (16), Jacques Saint-Cricq, and Phaeton (16), Louis-Henri Freycinet-Saulce, in the West Indies |
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1813 |
Boats of HMS Havannah (36), Cptn. Hon. George Cadogan, captured 10 vessels at Fortore. |
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1814 |
HMS Hebrus (36), Cptn. Edmund Palmer, took French Etoile (44), Cptn. Henri Pierre Philibert, and HMS Hannibal (74), Cptn. Sir Michael Seymour, took Sultane (40) in the Channel.
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1711 |
HMS Exeter (60), Cptn. Raymond, engages Pembroke (60) off La Spezia |
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1794 |
Congress authorizes construction of 6 frigates, including Constitution |
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1799 |
USS Constitution (44), Cptn. Samuel Nicholson, recaptures American sloop Neutrality from France |
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1811 |
HMS Tartar (32), Cptn. Jos. Baker, and HMS Sheldrake (16), James Pattison Stewart, engage Danish Flotilla of 12 gunboats, 12 transport vessels etc., under Lt. Jørgen C. de Falsen off the Danish island of Anholt and captures 2 gunboats and 2 other ships. |
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1812 |
HMS Rosario (10), Booty Harvey, and HMS Griffon (16), George Trollope, destroyed 5 French brigs off Dieppe. |
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| 28 March |
1759 |
HMS Southampton (32), Cptn. James Gilchrist, and HMS Melampe (36), Cptn. William Hotham, took French frigate Danae (40) in the North Sea |
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1760 |
HMS Penguin (20), Cptn. William Harris, taken and destroyed by Malicieuse (32) and Opale (32) near the Bayona Islands. |
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1797 |
HMS Kingfisher (18), John Bligh, captured French privateer General (14) |
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1800 |
USS Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to pass Cape of Good Hope |
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1801 |
HMS Charlotte Schooner, John Williams, wrecked on reef of rocks near Island of Ash. |
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1806 |
HMS Niobe (38), Cptn. J. W. Loring, captured French corvette Nearque (16) off L'Orient |
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1814 |
HMS Phoebe (36) and HMS Cherub (18) under Cptn. James Hillyar capture USS Essex (46), Cptn. David Porter, off Valparaiso, Chile. |
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| 29 March |
1745 |
HMS Anglesea (44) Cptn. Jacob Elton (Killed in Action), captured by French privateer Apollo (54), Cptn. Belleisle, in the Channel. |
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1795 |
HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. J. Drew, captured Jean Bart. |
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1802 |
HMS Assistance (50), Cptn. Richard Lee, wrecked between Dunkerque and Gravelines. |
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1805 |
French fleet under Pierre-Charles Villeneuve sails from Toulon |
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| 30 March |
1781 |
HMS Flora (36), Capt. William Pere Williams, and HMS Crescent (28), Cptn. T. Packenham, engaged 2 Dutch ships off the Barbary coast. Flora took Castor (32) but Crescent struck to Brille (32) before she was driven away by Flora. |
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1799 |
HMS Sparrow (12) and HMS Trent (36), Cptn. R. W. Ottway, at Porto Rico. |
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1800 |
HMS Penelope (36), Cptn. Blackwood, HMS Lion (64), Cptn. Manley Dixon, and HMS Foudroyant (80), Cptn. Sir Edward Berry, captured Guillaume Tell (86) off Malta. |
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1801 |
British Fleet under Hyde Parker and Nelson forced the Sound. |
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1808 |
HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn. W. Selby, and consorts captured the Island of Deseada. |
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| 31 March |
1671 |
HMS Sapphire (36), Cptn. John Pearce, run ashore at the Isles of Scilly by Cptn. and 1st Lt. to avoid capture when 4 sail sighted and was wrecked. They proved to be friendly and the officers were subsequently sentenced to be shot for cowardice. |
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1804 |
HMS Scorpion (18), George Hardinge, and HMS Beaver (14), Charles Pelly, cut out Dutch brig Atalante (16), Cptn. Carp (Killed in Action) from the Vlie passage at the entrance to the Texel. |
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1813 |
Batteries at Morjean, a small harbour between Marseilles and Toulon, and 3 vessels destroyed and 11 vessels captured by HMS Undaunted (38), Cptn. Thomas Ussher, HMS Redwing (18), Sir John Gordon Sinclair, and HMS Volontaire. |
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1823 |
Boats of HMS Tyne (24), Cptn. Walcott, and HMS Thracian (18), John Walter Roberts, captured pirate schooner Zarajonaza in the Old Bahama Channel |
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1854 |
Commodore Matthew Perry negotiates Treaty of Kanagawa to open trade between U.S. and Japan |
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These pages list the key dates in the history of the sailing navies of the world.