Naval History On This Day, Any Nation

[Kevin]

AUGUST 22

 

 

1779

HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery arrive in Britain after Cptn. Cook's 3rd voyage of discovery.

 

1794

HMS Flora (36), Cptn. Sir John B. Warren, and HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, drove the French frigate Felicite (40), and the corvettes Espion (18) and Alerte (18) ashore near the Penmark Rocks.

 

1795

Engagement of British light squadron under Cptn. James Alms with Dutch squadron in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. HMS Stag (32), Cptn. Joshua Sydney Yorke, took  Alliance (36) but her consorts, Argo (36) and Nelly (16), escaped after a running fight with the rest of the squadron.

 

1796

HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. Richard G. Keats, drove the frigate L'Andromaque (48), (mounting 40) on shore near Arcasson, where she was completely destroyed by HMS Sylph (18) on the 23rd.

 

1798

HMS Naiad (38), Cptn. Pierrepont, and HMS Magnanime (44), Cptn. Michael de Courcy, captured the French frigate Decade off Cape Finisterre.

Edited August 22, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1780 - James Cook's ship HMS Resolution returns to Britain(Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).

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

1945 - First surrender of Japanese garrison at end of World War II; USS Levy receives surrender of Mille Atoll in Marshall Islands.

1962 - Savannah, world's 1st nuclear-powered ship, completes maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va, to Savannah, Ga.
1980 - USS Passumpsic rescues 28 Vietnamese refugees.

[Kevin]

AUGUST 23

 

 

 

1798

Etrusco, Store-ship, (26) foundered in the West Indies.

1806

HMS Anson (64) and HMS Arethusa (38), Cptn. Charles Brisbane, captured the Spanish frigate Pomona (38) and destroyed 12 gunboats near Moro Castle, Havana.

1813

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

1839

Capture of Hong-Kong by British

1864

R.Adm. David Farragut's squadron captures Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay winning control of Mobile Bay

Edited August 23, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1541 - French explorer Jacques Cartier lands near Quebec City in his third voyage to Canada.

1864 - RADM David Farragut's squadron captures Fort Morgan at Mobile Bay winning control of Mobile Bay
1958 - Massive concentration of Pacific Fleet in Quemoy-Matsu area prevents invasion of islands by China.
1958 - In Taiwan Straits Crisis, Units of 7th Fleet move into Taiwan area to support Taiwan against Chinese Communists.
1963 - The first satellite communications ship, USNS Kingsport (T-AG-164) in Lagos, Nigeria, connected President John F. Kennedy with Nigerian Prime Minister Balewa who was aboard for the first satellite (Syncom II) relayed telephone conversation between heads of state.

[Kevin]

AUGUST 24

 

 

 

1789

The First Battle of Svensksund. Swedish fleet of 12 Archipelago frigates, 5 Galleys, 20 Gun yawls, 4 Gun prams, 4 Bomb vessels and Auxiliaries under Carl August Ehrensvärd, and Carl Olof Cronstedt defeated by Russian fleet of 24 Larger ships, 3 Bomb vessels, 47 Galleys, 30 Gun yawls, 3 Cutters and Auxiliaries under Charles Henry of Nassau-Siegen, Ivan Balle and Count Giulio Litta.

1794

HMS Impétueux (74), caught fire and blown up, in Portsmouth harbour.

1800

HMS Success (32), Cptn. Shuldham Peard, captured Diane.

1805

HMS Phaeton (38) Cptn. George Cockburn, and HMS Harrier (18), Edward Ratsey, engaged Semillante and shore batteries in the St. Bernadino Strait between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines.

1807

HMS Weazle (18), John Clavell, captured four vessels and destroyed three.

1811

HMS Diane and HMS Semiramis cut out the French gun-brig Teaser in the mouth of the river Gironde, and brigle Pluvier taken, with eight vessels, at the same time, by the boats of the Diane and Semiramis.

1814

British invasion of Maryland and Washington, D.C.; Washington Navy Yard and ships burned to prevent capture by the British

[st george]

1217 - Battle at South Foreland: English fleet beats French fleet.

1608 - 1st English convoy lands at Surat India.

1658 - Battle at Grevelingen: English fleet beats Spanish fleet.

1831 - John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle.

1833 - HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

1909 - Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
1912 - Launching of USS Jupiter, first electrically propelled Navy ship.
1942 - U.S. carrier aircraft begin 2-day Battle of Eastern Solomons where Japanese task force defeated and one Japanese carrier sunk. Japanese recall expedition to recapture Guadalcanal.
1960 - USS Bexar (APA-237) deploys to Pangahan Province in response to emergency request for aid from the Province's governor.

[Kevin]

AUGUST 25

 

 

 

1768

HMS Endeavour, Lt. James Cook, sailed from Plymouth.

1778

Sartine (32) taken by HMS Seahorse (24) and HMS Coventry (28).

HMS Otter (14) wrecked off Florida coast.

1795

HMS Spider (16) captured a brig.

1796

HMS Raison engaged Vengeance.

1800

British fleet of about 100 vessels and 15,000 men, including HMS Impetueux (74), Cpt. Sir Edward Pellew, landed some 10,000 troops on the beach of Doniños near Ferrol to take the Castle of San Felipe. They were successful but withdrew the next morning after a counter-attack.

1803

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

1804

HMS Immortalite (42), Cptn. Edward William Campbell Owen, and HMS Cruizer (18), John Hancock, engaged 146 armed vessels off Boulogne.

1807

Boats of HMS Clyde (38) cut out a sloop at Ypont.

1813

7 gunboats from Brunsbüttel and Glückstadt, under Lt. Johan Hedemann, engages 11 British gunboats on the Elbe.

1843

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

Edited August 26, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1499 - Battle at Sapienza: Turkish fleet beats Venetians.

1704 - Battle at Malaga: French vs English & Dutch fleet.
1951 - 23 fighters from USS Essex (CV-9) escort Air Force heavy bombers attacking Najin, Korea since target was beyond range of land-based fighters.

[Kevin]

AUGUST 26

 

 

1645

Battle of Plymouth. Dutch convoy under Vice-Commodore Michiel de Ruyter beat off an attack by General-at-Sea George Ayscue of the Commonwealth of England.

1711

HMS Greyhound (40) wrecked in Tynemouth.

1768

HMS Endeavour, Lt. James Cook, sailed from Plymouth with Joseph Banks expedition

1775

Rhode Island Resolve: Rhode Island delegates to Continental Congress press for creation of Continental Navy to protect the colonies

1799

HMS Tamar (38), Cptn. Thomas Western, captured the French corvette Republicaine (32), Capt. Le Bozee.

1804

HMS Immortalite (42), Cptn. Edward William Campbell Owen, HMS Harpy (18), sloop, Edmund Heywood, HMSAdder (12), gunbrig, Lt. George Wood, and HMS Constitution, cutter, James Samuel Denis, engaged more than 90 brigs and luggers off Boulogne. HMS Constitution was sunk by a shell off Cap Gris Nez .

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.

1810

French frigate squadron of Bellone, Minerve, Victor and captured Indiaman Ceylon, defeated a British squadron at Vieux Grand Port, Mauritius. HMS Nereide (38), Cptn. Nesbit J. Willoughby, and HMS Iphegenia (36), Cptn. Henry Lambert, struck. HMS Sirius (36), Cptn. Samuel Pym, and HMS Magicienne (32), Cptn. Lucius Curtis,  were both burnt to prevent them falling into enemy hands after grounding. 

HMS Lively (38), Cptn. George M'Kinley, wrecked Point of Salina, South-east of Bay of St. Paul's, Malta.

1839

Brig Washington seizes Spanish slaver, Amistad near Montauk Point, NY

1861

Union amphibious force lands near Hatteras, NC 

1865

American Civil War ends with Naval strength over 58,500 men and 600 ships

[Kevin]

AUGUST 27

 

1797

HMS Jason and HMS Triton (32), Cptn. John Gore, captured part of a French convoy.

1807

A Danish gunboat flotilla, under Lt. Christian Wulff, attacks a British battery at Gl. Pesthus on Kallebodstrand

1816

Bombardment of Algiers by a British Squadron, under Lord Exmouth, and a small Dutch squadron, under Vice-Admiral van Capellen, which destroyed 33 ships in the harbor.

1826

HMS Magpie Schooner (5) wrecked Colorados Roads, Island of Cuba.

Edited August 28, 2013 by Kevin

[Kevin]

AUGUST 28

 

 

1652

Dutch under admiral Van Gelen defeat English under Admiral Richard Badiley at the Battle of Elba.

1796

HMS Topaze (38), Cptn. S. G. Church, captured Elizabeth.

1797

HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. R. C. Reynolds, destroyed Petit Dia'le.

1799

HMS Contest Gun-boat, Lt. John Ides Short, driven on shore in the Helder.

1809

Battery at Cortelazzo, at the mouth of the Piave river between Venice and Trieste, carried by boats of HMSAmphion (32), Cptn. William Hoste. Six Venetian gunboats Surveillante, Vedette, and Nos. 64, 76, 77 and 78 with two trabaccolos, moored under the battery were brought out and five other trabaccolos were burnt in the river.

1867

Captain William Reynolds of USS Lackawanna raises U.S. flag over Midway Island and took formal possession of these islands for the U.S.

[st george]

1609 - Henry Hudson, discovers & explores Delaware Bay.

1914 - Battle at Helgoland: British fleet beats German, 1100 killed.
1952 - Units on USS Boxer (CV-21) launch explosive-filled drone which explodes against railroad bridge near Hungnam, Korea. First guided missile launched from ship during Korean Conflict.
1965 - CDR Scott Carpenter and 9 aquanauts enter SeaLab II, 205 ft. below Southern California's waters to conduct underwater living and working tests.
1991 - A helicopter from USS America (CV-66) rescues 3 civilian sailors who spent 10 days in a lifeboat 80 miles off Capt May, NJ after their sailboat capsized.

[Kevin]

AUGUST 29

 

1583

HMS Delight ran aground off Sable Island.

1707

HMS Wincheley (26), Cptn. William Jone,s foundered in a hurricane.

1779

HMS Boreas (28), Cptn. Charles Thompson, took Compass (en flute).

1782

HMS Royal George (100), Cptn. Waghorn, 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.

1791

HMS Pandora (24), Cptn. Edward Edwards, with 14 Bounty mutineers, wrecked on Great Barrier Reef.

1800

Twenty boats Sir John Warren's squadron cut out Fench privateer Guepe (18) from under the batteries in Vigo Bay.

1810

HMS Queen Charlotte cutter (8), Joseph Thomas,  repulsed a French cutter, former British revenue cutter Swan (16), off Alderney. 

1811

Start of 3 day campaign by HMS Sir Francis Drake (38), Cptn. George Harris, HMS Phaeton (38), Cptn. Fleetwood Broughton Pellew, and HMS Dasher (18) which captures Madura.

1814

HMS Peacock (18), William Mends, foundered off South Carolina

1861

U.S. squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, NC

1862

Union gunboat Pittsburgh supports Army troops in landing at Eunice, Arkansas

[st george]

1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

1612 - Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
1915 - Navy salvage divers raise F-4, first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.

1914 - Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal.
1916 - Congress passes act for expansion of Navy but most ships not completed until after World War I.

1943 - Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1964 - USS Boxer and 2 LSDs arrive off coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid to Haiti and Dominican Republic which were badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.

[Kevin]

AUGUST 30

 

 

1707

HMS Childs Play (24), Cdr. George Doiley, foundered in a hurricane off St. Christopher's

1806

Boats of HMS Bacchante (22), Cptn. James R. Dacres, cut out a brig and two feluccas, San Antonio letter of marque and Spanish privateer Deseado, at Santa-Martha.

HMS Pike (4), Lt. Macdonald, captured a guarda-costa.

1814

Party from HMS Menelaus (38), Cptn. Peter Parker (Killed in Action), engaged ashore in Chesapeake Bay.

[st george]

1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang—are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history, during the last decade of the ailing, Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty.

1682 - William Penn left England to sail to New World

1791 - The HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day.

1799 - Bataafse fleet surrender to English

1929 - Near New London, CT, 26 officers and men test Momsen lung to exit submerged USS S-4
1961 - Two Cuban frigates fire on a Naval Reserve aircraft on a training mission over international waters

[Kevin]

AUGUST 31

 

 

 

1803

HMS Boadicea (38), Cptn. John Maitland, engaged French Duguay-Trouin (74) and Guerriere (38).

1810

HMS Repulse (74), Cptn. John Halliday, and HMS Philomel (18), Gardener Henry Guion, repulsed 3 French frigates off Toulon.

1807

HMS Psyche (36), Cptn. Fleetwood Broughton Pellew, and boats at Samarang.

1809

HMS Foxhound Sloop (18) foundered in the Atlantic on her return from Halifax.

Edited September 1, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1836 - HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands.

1943 - Commissioning of USS Harmon (DE-678), first Navy ship named for an African American Sailor.
1944 - Carrier task group begins 3-day attack on Iwo Jima and Bonin Islands.

1986 - Russian cargo ship crashes into cruise ship Admiral Nakhimov; 398 die.
 

[Kevin]

September 1

 

 

 

1747

HMS Hind (14) foundered in North America.

1748

HMS Serpent bomb (12) wrecked

1762

HMS Lyon (60), Cptn. Le Cross, captured French frigate  Zephyre (26).

1810

The Danish brig Lougen, Lt. Cdr. Jochum N. Müller, and the brig Langeland, Lt. Thomas Lütken, together with 3 schooners, under Lt. Broder Wigelsen arrived at Trondhjem, Norway, following a successful expedition to the Northern Atlantic, bringing 11 large prizes.

1812

Boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, captured French national xebec Tisiphone (3), two gunboats and seven vessels from a convoy, at Port Lemo, Adriatic.

1814

A British squadron under Rear Ad. Edward Griffith's capture Castine in Penobscot Bay.

HMS Avon (18), Hon. James Arbuthnot, sunk by USS Wasp sloop (22), Cptn. Johnston Blakely, off L'Orient.

Edited September 1, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1781 - French fleet traps British fleet at Yorktown, VA
1925 - CDR John Rodgers and crew of 4 in PN-9 run out of fuel on first San Francisco to Hawaii flight. Landing at sea, they rigged a sail and set sail for Hawaii.
1941 - U.S. assumes responsibility for trans-Atlantic convoys from Argentia, Canada to the meridian of Iceland
1942 - First Seabee unit to serve in a combat area, 6th Naval Construction Battalion, arrives on Guadalcanal.
1945 - USS Benevolence (AH-13) evacuates civilian internees from 2 internment camps near Tokyo, Japan

Edited September 10, 2013 by st george

[Kevin]

September 2

 

 

1759

The naval Battle of Pondicherry. Indecisive battle between a British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and French squadron under Comte d'Aché.

1762

HMS Aeolus (32), Cptn. William Lord Hotham, drove Spanish West-Indiaman St. Joseph ashore in Aviles Bay near Cape Pinas and set her on fire.

1782

HMS Duc de Chartres (16), Cptn. J. C. Purvis, took French frigate Aigle (22) .

1801

Start of long engagement in which HMS Victor (18), George Ralph Collier, destroyed a French corvette Fleche(20), Lt. Bonamy, in the inner harbour at Mahe, Seychelles.

HMS Minerve (38), Cptn. George Cockburn, HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. Gower, and HMS Phoenix (36), Cptn. L. W. Halsted, chased Le Succes (32) which ran aground off Vado and struck and La Bravoure which grounded off Livorno and was wrecked.

1807

Bombardment of Second Battle of Copenhagen commenced by British fleet under Admiral Gambier.

1809

Danish gunboat flotilla from Fladstrand, Northern Jutland, under Lt. Nicolai H. Tuxen, takes brig HMS Minx(14), Lt. George Le Blanc, that was stationed as a light ship off Skagen Reef.

1811

Danish brigs Lolland, Samsø and Alsen, under Cdr. Hans P. Holm, attacks 2 British brigs in the River Ems, Norway and HMS Manly (14), Lt. Martin White, is taken.

1812

Boats of HMS Menelaus (38), Cptn. Peter Parker, brought out a French letter of marque, St. Esprit, from the River Mignore near Civita Vecchia.

Edited September 2, 2013 by Kevin

[Trafalgarhero]

1861: Great Britain, France and Spain send their fleets to start a blockade of the Mexican harbours of Veracruz and Tampico, after president Benito Juarez decreed a suspension on the payments of foreign debt, due to bankruptcy after the Mexican Reform War.

 

[st george]

1807 - The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

1918 - Navy ships and crews assist earthquake victims of Yokohama and Tokyo, Japan.
1940 - Destroyer-for-Bases agreement between U.S. and United Kingdom.
1944 - USS Finback (SS-230) rescues Lieutenant  George Bush, USNR (VT-51), shot down while attacking Chichi Jima.
1945 - Japan signs surrender documents on board USS Missouri (BB-63) at anchor in Tokyo Bay. FADM Chester W. Nimitz, USN, signs for the U.S. In different ceremonies, Japanese forces on Palau Islands, Truk, and on Pagan Island and Rota in the Marianas surrender.

[Kevin]

September 3

 

1665

British squadron under Lord Sandwich captures the Dutch East India Fleet.

1691

HMS Coronation (90) sank in a storm whilst attempting to get into Plymouth Sound

1782

As a token of gratitude for French aid during American Revolution, the U.S. gives America (first ship-of-the-line built by U.S.) to France to replace a French ship lost in Boston.
Hughes engaged Suffren (4th action).

1783

Britain and US sign treaty of Paris formally ending War of Independance 

1800

Boats of HMS Minotaur (74), Cptn. Thomas Louis, and HMS Niger (33), Cptn. James Hillyer, cut out corvettesLa Paz (22) and Esmeralda  (22) from the Roads off Barcelona.

1811

HMS Rinaldo (10), James Anderson, and HMS Redpole (10), Colin M'Donald, engaged a flotilla of Boulogne.

A Court of Inquiry began to sit, to investigate the conduct of Commodore Rodgers, USS President (44) respecting his affair with HMS Little Belt (20), Arthur Batt Bingham

1813

6 Danish cannon shallops, under Lt. Martinus C. Klaumann, en route on the Eider to reinforce the naval forces at Glückstadt, fight their way through a British blockade, consisting of 13 gunboats and 4 armed shallops. 2 British gunboats are sunk.

1814

American frigate USS Adams (28) and 10 vessels destroyed by British squadron under Rear Ad. Edward Griffith's up the Penobscot river at Hamden.

Boats of HMS Nancy (3) captured U.S. schooner Tigress.

Edited September 3, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1798 - Weeklong battle of St. George's Caye begun between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.

1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe.

1878 - SS Princess Alice sinks; 645 die.

1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup.

1939 - German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia.
1943 - American landings on Lae and Salamaua.
1945 - Japanese surrender Wake Island in ceremony on board USS Levy (DE-162).

1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

[Kevin]

September 4

 

 

1777

HMS Druid (16), Cptn. Carteret, attacked by American frigate Raleigh (36), Cptn. Thomas Thompson,  while escorting a convoy.

1782

HMS Rainbow (44), Cptn. Henry Trollope, took French frigate Hebe (40) off the Ile de Bas.

1801

HMS Proselyte (32) wrecked off St. Martin the West Indies

1804

USS Intrepid fireship, Lt. Richard Somers, blew up in failed attack on Tripoli with loss of all hands.

De Ruyter (32), Joseph Beckett, lost in a hurricane in Deep Bay, Antigua.

1807

The island of Heligoland is occupied by British forces

1812

Boats of HMS Menelaus (38), Cptn. Peter Parker,  brought out a government transport, Fidelle, laden with ship's timbers from the entrance to the Orbitello Lake.

1839

British action with junks at Kowlung.

Edited September 4, 2013 by Kevin

[st george]

1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat.

1939 - German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia.

1941 - German submarine, U-652, attacks USS Greer, which was tracking the submarine southeast of Iceland. Greer is not damaged, but drops depth charges, damaging U-652.
1954 - Icebreakers, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) and USCG Northwind, complete first transit of Northwest passage through McClure Strait.
1960 - USS Bushnell and Penguin begin relief operations in Marathon, FL, after Hurricane Donna.

[Kevin]

September 5

 

 

1770

William Bligh entered as Midshipman on HMS Hunter.

1776

Adoption of first uniforms for US Navy officers

1781

First day of Second Naval Battle of the Virginia Capes. French under de Grasse drive off British under Graves

1800

French at Malta capitulated.

1806

HMS Wolf (16), George Charles Mackenzie, wrecked in the Bahamas

1807

HMS Majestic (74), Cptn. George Hart, and HMS Quebec (32) took Heligoland.

1810

Boats of HMS Surveillante (36), Cptn. George Ralph Collier, captured a French brig sheltering between the batteries of St. Guildas and St. Jaques near the Loire.

1813

Brig USS Enterprise (16), Lt. William Burrows (Killed in Action), captures HM brig Boxer, Samuel Blyth (Killed in  Action), off Portland, Maine.

[st george]

1864 - British, French & Dutch fleets attacked Japan in Shimonoseki Straits.
1918 - USS Mount Vernon torpedoed by German submarine off France.
1923 - U.S. Asiatic Fleet arrives at Yokohama, Japan, to provide medical assistance and supplies after Kondo Plain earthquake.
1939 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders Navy to form a Neutrality Patrol to report the presence of foreign warships within 300 miles of eastern United States.
1946 - USS Franklin Delano Roosevelt (CVB-42) and 4 escorts visit Greece to underscore U.S. support for the Greek Government which faced a Communist insurgency.

1982 - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph.
1990 - USS Acadia (AD-42) departs San Diego for first war-time deployment of male-female crew on combat vessel.

Edited September 7, 2013 by st george

[Kevin]

September 6

 

 

1781

HMS Savage (14), Charles Stirling, taken by American privateer Congress (24), Cptn. Gedded, off Charleston.

1800

HMS Stag (32), Cptn. Robert Winthrop, parted her cables in Vigo bay and was laid her on her beam ends by strong winds. She made sail, but hurricane force winds drove her on shore at Point Subudo where she was holed on a rock. After some of her stores had been salvaged the Rear Admiral ordered her to be burnt.

1808

HMS Recruit (18), Chas. Napier, engaged French sloop Diligente (18) off Antigua.

1811

HMS Pilot (18), John Toup Nicholas, dispersed troops at Castellan.

1814

HMS Nancy, captured Scorpion in Lake Huron.