01 June
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1666 |
First day of The Four Days Battle, off the North Foreland between the English fleet of 56 ships, under George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, and the Dutch fleet of 84 ships, under Lt.-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter. |
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1676 |
Danish-Dutch fleet of 25 ships-of-the-line, 10 frigates and some minor ships, under Dutch General Admiral Tromp and Admiral Niels Juel, defeats a Swedish force of 27 ships-of-the-line, 11 frigates and some minor ships, under Admiral Lorentz Creutz,.off Oland, Sweden |
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1677 |
The Danish Baltic Squadron of 10 ships-of-the-line and 3 frigates, under Admiral Niels Juel, defeated a Swedish squadron of 7 ships-of-the-line, 2 frigates and 2 armed cutters, under Admiral Sjöblad, off Moen |
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1794 |
Glorious First of June. British fleet under Lord Howe defeat French fleet under Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse.
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1795 |
Adam Duncan promoted to full Admiral. |
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1797 |
HMS Astraea (32), Cptn. Richard Dacres, captures the Dutch privateer Stuiver (10) off the Scaw |
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1808 |
HMS Unite (38), Cptn. Patrick Capmbell, captured Nettuno and Teulie in the Adriatic. |
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1813 |
HMS Shannon (38), Cptn. Philip Bowes Vere Broke, captures USS Chesapeake (36) Cptn. James Lawrence, off Boston Harbor
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1814 |
Start of 4 day British operation in the River Patuxent. |
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02 June |
1653 |
First day of Battle of the Gabbard Bank, off the coast of Suffolk. English fleet of 100 ships under Generals at Sea George Monck and Richard Deane and Admirals John Lawson and William Penn beat of 98 Dutch ships under Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp and Vice-admiral Witte de With.
On second day the English were joined by Admiral Robert Blake, but Tromp decided to attack but was routed, the English chasing them until well in the evening.
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1676 |
Battle of Palermo. A French force led by Abraham Duquesne attacked a Spanish force supported by a Dutch maritime expedition force. Largely because the Dutch and Spanish ships were at bay making repairs from an earlier a battle, the French fleet destroyed four Spanish and three Dutch ships with fireships. |
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1773 |
George III reviewed the English Fleet at Portsmouth. |
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1779 |
HMS Glasgow (20) burnt by accident in Montego Bay, Jamaica |
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1787 |
HMS Pelican (10) foundered |
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1805 |
HMS Diamond Rock capitulated.
Boats of HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Frederick Maitland, cut out privateer felucca Esperamza from Camarinas Bay. Another privateer was taken but abandoned and 3 merchant vessels were destroyed.
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03 June |
1665 |
Battle of Lowestoft. English fleet of 109 ships, under James Stuart, Duke of York, badly defeat Dutch fleet of 103 ships, under Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam (Killed in Action). The Dutch lost 17 ships and the English lost 1 ship. |
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1785 |
Order to sell last ship remaining in Continental Navy, frigate Alliance . No other US Navy ships were authorized until 1794. |
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04 June |
1673 |
Engagement between the Anglo-French fleet under Prince Rupert and the Dutch under De Ruyter. Second Battle of Schooneveld. Anglo-French fleet of 86 ships, under Rupert of the Rhine, engaged Dutch fleet of 64 ships, under Michiel de Ruyter. |
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1800 |
HMS Thames (32), Cptn. Lukin, and HMS Cynthia (18) silenced the forts at Quiberon which were afterwards destroyed by a party of troops. |
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1805 |
Boats of HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Frederick Maitland, destroyed a battery and fort at Muros Bay, took the privateer Confiance and burnt privateer Belier . |
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1808 |
4 Danish gunboats, under Lt. Christian Wulff, defeats the British gun-brig HMS Tickler, Lieut. John W. Skinner (Killed in Action), off Taars. |
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1812 |
Boats of HMS Medusa (32), Cptn. Bouverie, cut out and destroyed Dorade (14) at Arcasson near Bourdeaux. |
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1824 |
The Danish Navy's first steamship, the paddle steamer Kiel, arrives at Copenhagen from England. |
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1849 |
The Danish corvette Valkyrien, Andreas Polder, and the paddle steamer Gejser, Lt. Cmdr Jørgen P. F. Wulff, of the North Sea Squadron engages 3 Schleswig-Holstein naval paddle steamers, under Rear Ad. Bromme off Heligoland. |
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05 June |
1794 |
First officers of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution are appointed. |
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1807 |
Boats of HMS Pomone (38), Cptn. Robert Barrie, captured gun-brig and 14 sail south of the Ile d'Yeu |
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06 June |
1758 |
Howe attacks St. Malo. |
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1762 |
George Anson died |
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1800 |
HMS Impetueux (74), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, and consorts took two brigs, two sloops, two gun vessels and about 100 prisoners and destroyed the batteries ashore at Morbihan. |
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1806 |
A British prize schooner of HMS Port D'Espagne, Lt. James Pattison Stewart, captured Spanish privateer Mercedes |
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1827 |
HMS Cynthia Packet-Brig (6) wrecked off the Island of Barbados. |
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07 June |
1692 |
Port Royal, Jamaica destroyed by Earthquake and subsequent tsunami. |
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1777 |
HMS Fox (28), Cptn. Patrick Fotheringham, was taken by American frigates Hancock (32), Cpt. John Manley, and Boston (30), Cptn. Hector McNeil, off Newfoundland Banks. |
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08 June |
1794 |
HMS Crescent (36), Cptn. James Saumarez, HMS Druid (32), Cptn. Ellison, and HMS Eurydice (24), Cptn. Francis Cole, engaged French squadron off the West coast of Guernsey.. |
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1795 |
HMS Kingfisher (18) engaged a French convoy. |
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1796 |
HMS Unicorn (32), Cptn. Thomas Williams, and HMS Santa Margarita (36), Cptn. Thomas Byam Martin, captured Tribune (44), Commodore Moulson, and Tamise (42) to the westward of the Scillies. A corvette Legere escaped.
First day of 4 day campaign by HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Thomas Wolley, with three frigates, two sloops and army units capturing island of St. Vincent.
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1813 |
Boats of HMS Elizabeth (74), Cptn. Leveson Gower, and HMS Eagle (74), Cptn. Charles Rowley, defeated troops at Omago. |
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1830 |
Sloop-of-war Vincennes becomes first U.S. warship to circle the globe |
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1853 |
Commodore Matthew Perry arrives at Uraga, Japan to begin negotiations for a treaty with Japan |
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09 June |
1772 |
HMS Gaspee schooner, Lt. William Dudingston, burned at Namquid Point, Narragansett Bay by American colonists from Providence, Rhode Island.
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1795 |
HMS Mosquito captured a privateer. |
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1796 |
HMS Southampton (32), Cptn. James Macnamara, ccut out French corvette Utile (24) from Hyeres Bay |
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1799 |
Boats of HMS Success (32), Cptn. Shuldham Peard, cut out Belle Aurore. |
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1801 |
HMS Kangaroo (16), George Christopher Pulling, and HMS Speedy (14), Lord Thomas Cochrane, destroyed gunboats and took 3 brigs from under the battery of Oropeso
HMS Meleager (32), Cptn. Thomas Bladen Capel, wrecked on the Triangles, Gulf of Mexico.
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1808 |
21 Danish gunboats and 12 mortar shallops, under Cmdr Johan C. Krieger, engages a British escorted convoy in the southern part of the Sound. HMS Turbulent (12) and 11 merchant ships are captured. |
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10 June |
1673 |
Rene Duguay-Trouin born in St. Malo, France. French privateer and naval officer, he captured 300 merchantmen and 20 warships during his career. |
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1805 |
HMS Chiffonne (36), Cptn. Charles Adamand, HMS Falcon (14), Cptn. George Sanders, HMS Clinker (14), Lt. Nisbet Glen, and the Frances hired armed cutter, engaged French gunboats Foudre (10), Cptn. Jacques-Felix-Emmanuel Hemelin, Audacieuse (10), Lt. Dominique Roquebert, and 7 others protecting a convoy off the coast of France.
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1809 |
HMS Amelia (38), Cptn. Frederick Paul rby, and HMS Statira captured French national vessels Mouche (16), Rejouie (8) and a schooner together with 2 luggers Legere and Notre Dame at Santander. |
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11 June |
1800 |
Boats of Rear Ad. Sir John B. Warrens's squadron, HMS Renown (74) Cptn. Eyles, HMS Fisgard (44), Cptn. T. Byam Martin, HMS Defence (74), Cptn. Lord H. Paulet, and HMS Unicorn (32), Cptn. Wilkinson, cut out gunboat Nochette (2) two armed chasse-maree and eight other vessels at St. Croix within the Penmarks. Twenty other vessels were run on to the rocks.
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1808 |
Boats of HMS Euryalus (36), Cptn. George Heneage Dundas, and HMS Cruizer (18), George Charles M'Kenzie, burnt two large troop transports and captured a gun-vessel (2) off the Naskon. |
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12 June
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1652 |
English squadron under Sir George Ayscue overtook the Dutch outward bound East Indian fleet of forty merchantmen, and secured six prizes off the Lizard. |
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1667 |
HMS Royal Charles (80), not in commission, captured during dutch raid on Medway
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1775 |
General Assembly of the Crown Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations authorize the charter of two naval vessels "to protect the trade of the colony."
Jeremiah O'Brien & crew of the sloop Unity capture HMS Margaretta schooner, Lt. James Moor (mortally wounded), in Machias Bay, Maine. Arguably the first naval battle of the American Revolution.
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1813 |
Boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, captured 24 vessels at Abruzza.
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13 June
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1796 |
HMS Dryad (36), Cptn. Lord Amelius Beauclerk, captured Proserpine (42). |
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1805 |
Boats of HMS Cambrian (40), Cptn. John Poo Beresford, captured Spanish privateer schooner Maria (14) to the east of Bermuda. |
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1829 |
HMS Mermaid survey ship, Samuel Nol, lost on Franklands Reef off Australia. |
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14 June |
1777 |
John Paul Jones takes command of Ranger
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1789 |
William Bligh and loyal crew of HMS Bounty arrive at Timor, off the coast of Java. |
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1803 |
HMS Immortalite (42), Cptn. Edward William Campbell Owen, HMS Jalouse (18), Christopher Strachey, and HMS Cruizer (18), John Hancock, cut out Inabordable (4) and Commode (4) from Cap Blanc Nez. |
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1809 |
Boats of HMS Scout (18), William Raitt, stormed and captured the battery, spiked the guns and carried off 7 vessels at Cape Croisette, south of Marseilles.
Start of 5 day engagement in which HMS Latona (38), Cptn. Hugh Pigot, took Felicite (14)
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1814 |
HMS Superb (74), Cptn. Charles Paget, and HMS Nimrod (18), Nathaniel Mitchell, attacked Wareham at the head of Buzzard's Bay, and destroyed American ships Fair Trader (18), Independent (14), Fancy, Elizabeth and Nancy,together with a valuable cotton mill belonging to Boston merchants.
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15 June |
1744 |
Commodore George Anson, HMS Centurion (60, returned to Spithead after circumnavigation voyage |
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1775 |
Cptn. Abraham Whipple, Commodore of the Rhode Island Navy, in sloop Katy, captures the armed sloop Diana, tender to HMS Rose. |
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1783 |
HMS Shrewsbury (74) scuttled off Jamaica. |
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1797 |
HMS Fortune (14) wrecked near Oporto |
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16 June |
1798 |
Boats of HMS Aurora (28) Capt. Thomas Gordon Caulfield, destroyed two vessels. |
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1812 |
HMS Swallow (18), Cptn. Edward Reynolds Sibly, engaged Renard (16), Lt. Charles Baudin des Ardennes, and Goéland (14) Ens.Belin, near the island of Sainte-Marguerite. |
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1813 |
HMS Persian (18), Cdr. Charles Bertram, wrecked on the Silver Keys shoal just north of the island of Hispaniola |
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1897 |
HMS Foudroyant (80) driven on shore at Blackpool in a gale. |
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17 June |
1755 |
British fleet under Admiral Boscawen took Alcide (64), Captain Hocquart, and Lys (64) off Newfoundland. |
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1775 |
Cuthbert Collingwood promoted to Lieutenant |
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1778 |
HMS Milford (28) took Licorne.
HMS Arethusa (32), Samuel Marshall, engages French frigate Belle Poule (32) in the Channel
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1794 |
HMS Romney (50), William Paget, captured Sybille (44) |
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1813 |
Garrison defeated at island of Zupano, protecting Ragusa (Dubrovnik), by party from HMS Saracen (18), John Harper.
Boats of HMS Narcissus (32), Cptn. John Richard Lumley, took the American revenue schooner Surveyor in the York River in the Chesapeake.
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1815 |
HMS Pilot (18) John Toup Nicholas, engaged French frigate Legere off Cape Corse. |
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1833 |
USS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States |
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18 June |
1778 |
HMS Foudroyant (80), Cptn. John Jervis, HMS Courageaux (74) and HMS Robust (74) captured French frigate Pallas (32) |
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1793 |
HMS Nymphe (36), Cptn. Edward Pellew, captured Cleopatra (40), Cptn. Jean Mullon (Killed in Action) |
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1809 |
HMS Sealark (4) lost at sea on the East coast of UK |
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1812 |
US declares war on Great Britain for impressment of sailors and interference with commerce
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19 June |
1798 |
HMS Aurora (28), Capt. Henry Digby, engaged off Adeira. |
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1807 |
Turkish fleet of 9 ships of the line, supported by 5 frigates and 5 small craft under Kapudan Pasha Seyit-Ali intercepted between Lemnos Island and Mount Athos by Russian fleet under Dmitry Senyavin of 10 ships of the line. Raphael (80), Cptn. Dmitry Lukin (Killed in Action), damaged Messudie (120), Seyit-Ali, and broke through the enemy's defence line also damaging Sed-ul-Bahr (84), Admiral Bekirbey, and 2 frigates before escaping. Tverdy (74), Admiral Senyavin, forced the leading Turkish ship to withdraw and the Turkish line being broken Seyit-Ali took flight. The fastest Russian vessels pursued. Selaphail (74), Cdr. Rozhnov, took Seid-ul-Bahr (84) and other ships cut off Besharet-Nyuma, as well as a frigate and a corvette which were set ablaze. Seyit-Ali was also forced to burn the lagging Tausu-Bahri (84) and a frigate in order to gain enough time to escape into the Dardanelles with his remaining vessels. |
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1808 |
The Danish brig Lougen, Lt. Peter F. Wulff, and 4 gunboats under Sub Lt. Fønss captures the British brig HMS Seagull (16), R. Cathcart, off Flekkerø in Norway. |
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1809 |
Boats of HMS Bellerophon (74), Cptn. Samuel Warren, carried Russian batteries at Hango. |
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1812 |
Boats of HMS Briseis (10), Cptn. John Ross, re-captured British merchant Urania from Pillau roads in the Baltic |
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1864 |
USS Kearsarge sinks Confederate raider Alabama off France |
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20 June |
1743 |
HMS Centurion (50), Cptn. George Anson, took Nuestra Senora del Caba Donga (42), Admiral Don Geronimo Montero, worth £400,000 off Cape Spiritu Santo. |
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1781 |
HMS Castor (32) and HMS Crescent (28), Cptn. T. Packenham, Lt. John Bligh (act.), badly damaged from a previous engagement taken by French Gloire (40) and Friponne (36). HMS Flora (36), Cptn. William Pere Williams, escaped |
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1783 |
The Battle of Cuddalore. British fleet of 18 ships, under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes, engaged French fleet of 15 ships, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast of India. It took place after peace had been signed but before the news had reached India. It was the final battle of the American Revolutionary War. |
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1798 |
HM Brig Victorieuse (12), Edward Stirling Dickson, captures the French privateer Trois Couleurs (4) off Trinidad |
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1809 |
HMS Agamemnon (64), Cptn. Jonas Rose, ran on shore and wrecked in Maldonado Roads, Rio de la Plata. |
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1813 |
Fifteen U.S. gunboats engage HMS Junon (38), Cptn. James Sanders, HMS Narcissus (32), Cptn. John Richard Lumley, and HMS Barrossa (36), Cptn. William Henry Shirreff, in Hampton Roads, VA.
Capture of Dignano by boats of HMS Elizabeth (74), Cptn. Leveson Gower.
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1815 |
Trials of Fulton I, built by Robert Fulton, are completed in New York. This ship would become the US Navy's first steam-driven warship. |
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1822 |
HMS Drake Sloop (10), Charles Adolphus Baker, wrecked off the coast of Newfoundland. |
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21 June |
1588 |
First engagement between English ships and the Spanish Armada |
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1810 |
Manado surrendered to HMS Dover (38), Cptn. Edward Tucker. |
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22 June |
1798 |
HMS Aurora (28), Capt. Henry Digby, destroyed French corvette Egalite (20) |
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1807 |
HMS Leopard (50), Cptn. Humphries, fired on USS Chesapeake (36), Cptn Barron, off the coast of Maryland |
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1813 |
Unsuccessful attack by boats of British squadron under Admiral Warren on Craney Island at Portsmouth, Virginia. |
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1865 |
Confederate raider Shenandoah fires last shot of Civil War in Bering Strait |
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23 June |
1795 |
Lord Bridport's victory over Vice-admiral Villaret-Joyeuse off L'Orient. |
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1798 |
HMS Rover ran aground off Gulf of St. Lawrence. |
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1800 |
Boats of Rear Ad. Sir John B. Warrens's squadron, HMS Renown (74) Cptn. Eyles, HMS Fisgard (44), Cptn. T. Byam Martin, and HMS Defence (74), Cptn. Lord H. Paulet, attacked a convoy in the Quimper River. When the enemy retired up stream they landed and blew up a battery and other works. |
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1808 |
HMS Porcupine (22), Cptn. Hon. Henry Duncan, drove ashore and destroyed a French vessel at Civita Vecchia. |
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1812 |
HMS Belvidera (36), Cptn. Richard Byron, engaged and escaped from USS President (44), Commodore John Rodgers, USS Congress (38), Cptn. John Smith, and USS United States (44), Stephen Decatur. |
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1813 |
Boats of HMS Castor (32), Cptn. Charles Dilkes, cut out French privateer Fortune off Catalonia. |
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24 June |
1746 |
HMS Saltash (14) foundered off Beachy Head |
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1795 |
HMS Dido (28), Cptn. George Henry Towry, and HMS Lowestoffe (32), Cptn.Robert Gambier Middleton, engage the French frigates Minerve (42), Cptn. Jean-Baptiste Perrée, and Artémise (40), Cptn. Charbonnier, eventually capturing Minerve |
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1801 |
HMS Swiftsure captured by Dix Aout, &c. |
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1833 |
USS Constitution enters drydock at Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA, for overhaul. The ship was saved from scrapping after public support rallied to save the ship following publication of Oliver Wendell Holmes' poem, "Old Ironsides." |
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25 June |
1667 |
Victory over anchored French Squadron, under Admiral Joseph de la Barre, at Martinique by British fleet, under Rear-Admiral Sir John Harman. At least eight French ships were burnt and several more were sunk. |
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1746 |
British squadron, under Cptn. Edward Peyton, engaged French fleet, under Comte de La Bourdonnais, in E. Indies. |
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1754 |
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) moved to HMS Severn (50) as a Midshipman |
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1755 |
HMS Mars (64), Cptn. John Amherst, grounded and wrecked while going into harbour at Halifax NS. |
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1795 |
HMS Dido (28), Cptn. George Henry Towry, and HMS Lowestoffe (32), Cptn. Robert Gambier Middleton, engaged Minerve (40) and Artemise (36). Minerve was taken.
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1803 |
HMS Endymion (50), Cptn. Hon. Charles Paget, captured French corvette Bacchante (18), Lt. Vaisseau. |
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1808 |
HMS Porcupine (22), Cptn. Hon. Henry Duncan, captured French letter of marque schooner Nouvelle Enterprise (6) south of Bastia. |
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1809 |
HMS Cyane (22), Cptn. Thomas Staines, and HMS Espoir (18), Robert Mitford, engaged Ceres. |
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1813 |
Capture of Hampton by boats of HMS Marlborough (74), Cptn. C. B. Ross, and squadron. |
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26 June |
1748 |
HMS Fowey (44), Cptn. Francis William Drake, wrecked in the Gulf of Florida. |
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1766 |
HMS Saint Lawrence lost, off Ingonish |
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1798 |
HMS Seahorse (38), Cptn. Edward James Foote, captured French frigate Sensible (32) off the coast of Sicily |
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1799 |
HMS Alcmene (32), Cptn. H. Digby, captured French privateer Conrageux (28), Jean Bernard, off the coast of Portugal. |
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1806 |
Boats of HMS Port Mahon (18), Samuel Chambers, cut out Spanish letter of marque brig San Josef (7) from the harbour of Banes in Cuba.
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1808 |
Boats of HMS Standard (64), Cptn. Thomas Harvey, captured Italian gunboat Volpe and French dispatch boat Leger off Corfu. |
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27 June |
1588 |
Spanish Armada arrives at Calais |
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1796 |
HMS Inconstant (36) saved British residents at Leghorn. |
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1803 |
Boats of HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Frederick Maitland, captured Venteux (10) at anchor under a shore battery in the Isle de Bas Roads. |
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1811 |
HMS Guadaloupe (16), Joseph Swabey Tetley, engaged French Tactique (16) and Guepe (8) off the Cap de Creux. |
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28 June |
1588 |
Fireship attack on Spanish Armada |
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1720 |
HMS Milford (32), Cptn. Peter Chamberlain, driven ashore and wrecked on the north west end of Cuba. |
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1776 |
HMS Actaeon (28), Cptn. Christopher Atkins, part of a squadron under Commodore Sir Peter Parker, grounded taking up position to attack Fort Moultrie at the southern end of Sullivan's Island, Charleston, SC, and was set on fire when she could not be got off. |
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1783 |
HMS Nymph (14) burnt by accident at Tortola |
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1794 |
HMS Rose (28) wrecked on Rocky-Point, Jamaica. |
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1801 |
Boats of HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T Rogers, and HMS Corso (14), William Ricketts, captured pirate vessel Tigre (8) among the rocks of the Tremite Islands in the Adriatic. |
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1803 |
HMS Goliath (74), Capt. C. Brisbane, captured Mignonne (16), Cptn. J. P. Bargeaud, and HMS Hercule (74) engaged Poursuivante (40) off San Domingo |
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1810 |
Boats of HMS Amphion (32), Cptn. William Hoste, and HMS Cerberus (32), Cptn Henry Whitby, and HMS ACTIVE (38), Cptn. James Alexander Gordon, took two forts and cut out 25 vessels from the harbour at Grao.
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1811 |
HMS Firm Brig (12), Lt. John Little, grounded on a bank off the coast of France and set on fire to avoid capture.. |
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1814 |
USS Wasp (22), Cptn. Johnston Blakely, captures HMS Reindeer (18), William Manners (Killed in Action), in the Atlantic
HMS Leopard (50), wrecked near the Island of Anticosti, Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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1849 |
The Danish brig St. Croix, Lt Cmdr Peter C. Holm, on blockade in the Baltic, fights the Prussian paddle steamer Preussischer Adler, Commodore Schroeder, off Hela in the Bay of Danzig. |
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1865 |
CSS Shenandoah captures 11 American whalers in one day |
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29 June |
1758 |
HMS Renown (30) took French Guirlande (22) |
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1798 |
HMS Pique (38), Cptn. David Milne, and HMS Jason (46), Cptn. Charles Stirling, captured Seine (42). They all grounded near Pointe de la Trenche and Pique was bilged so it was necessary to destroy her. |
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1811 |
4 Danish gunboats, under Lt. Broder K. B. Wigelsen, took HMS Safeguard (14), Lt. Thomas England, off Randers fjord. |
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30 June |
1690 |
Battle of Beachy Head. French fleet of 75 ships, under Comte de Tourville, defeated Anglo-Dutch fleet of 56 ships, under the Earl of Torrington. The Anglo-Dutch fleet lost 11 ships. |
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1797 |
Richard Parker, President of the "Floating Republic" at the Nore, hanged aboard HMS Sandwich (98) |
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1803 |
HMS Vanguard (74) Cptn. James Walker, and HMS Cumberland (74) captured French frigate Creole. |
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1808 |
HMS Capelin Schooner (6), Lt. Josias Bray, wrecked on sunken rock off entrance of Brest Harbor. |
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1814 |
USS Alligator schooner sank in Port Royal Sound during a heavy storm |
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1815 |
USS Peacock, Cptn. Lewis Warrington, takes HMS Nautilus, last action of the War of 1812 |
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