Naval History On This Day, Any Nation

[Kevin]

6th January

 

 

1760

HMS Mermaid (24), Cptn. James Hackman,  wrecked off the Bahamas

1762

HMS Venus (32) Cptn. Harrison, took Boulogne.

1801

Boats of HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T. Rogers, captured French convoy of fifteen sail.

1806

HMS Favourite (16), Cdr. John Davie, captured by French squadron under Cptn. L'Hermite off Cape de Verd Islands

1807

Boats of HMS Imperieuse (38), Cptn. Lord Cochrane, destroyed a fortress in Bay of Arcasson, near Rochefort.

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.

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.

[Kevin]

7th January

 

 

1794

Unaware of Hood's evacuation HMS Moselle (24), H. A. Bennett, entered Toulon harbour and was taken by the French.

1798

HMS Garnet, James Clark, wrecked on a reef off Cape François

1799

HMS Apollo (38),  Cptn. Peter Halkett, wrecked running on Haak Sands, coast of Holland, whilst chasing a Dutch ship.

1805

HMS Sheerness (44), Cptn. Lord George Stuart, driven on shore and wrecked near Trincomalee when her cables parted during a hurricane .

1809

Start of British campaign to capture Cayenne.

1813

HMS Ferret Sloop (18), Francis Alexander Halliday, wrecked on Newbiggin Point, Northumberland.

[Kevin]

8th January

 

 

1676

Battle of Stromboli. A French fleet of 20 ships under Abraham Duquesne engaged a combined fleet of 19 Dutch and one Spanish ship under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter.

1761

HMS Unicorn (28) ,Cptn. Joseph Hunt (Killed in Action), took Vestal (26), M. Boisbertelot (Killed in Action), off the Penmarks.

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.

1798

HMS Kingfisher (18), Cptn. Charles Herbert Pierrepont, Earl Manvers, captured French privateer Betsey (16).

1811

HMS Fleur de la Mer (8), Lt. John Alexander (3), foundered in the Atlantic

[Kevin]

9th January

 

 

1735

John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) born

1801

HMS Constitution (14), Lt. Whiston, captured by two French cutters then re-captured by HMS Harpy(18), William Birchall, and HMS Greyhound (32).

1806

Nelson's funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

1809

HMS Morne Fortunée (12), John Brown, wrecked off Martinique.

1826

HM Brig Sloop Algerine (l0), Cdr. Charles Wemyss, capsised in a squall off Hydra, Mediterranean

[Kevin]

10th January

 

 

1755

Adam Duncan confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant.

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.

1811

Tamatave bombarded by British.

1847

American naval forces occupy Los Angeles. 

[Kevin]

11th January

 

 

1742

HMS Tiger (32), Cptn. Edward Herbert, wrecked on a key near Tortuga

1761

HMS Seahorse (24), Cptn. James Smith, and HMS Unicorn (28), Lt. John Symons-Acting, engaged Le Grand(34) off Start Point

1794

HMS Juno (32), Cptn. Samuel Hood, having unwarily entered Toulon after the British evacuation came under fire from shore batteries but escaped.

1809

HMS Magnet Sloop (18), Lt. George Morris, struck Saltholme Shoal but got off then wrecked on another shoal in the Malmo Channel, Baltic.

1810

HMS Cherokee (10), Cdr. Richard Arthur, boarded and carried Aimable Nelly (16) anchored near Dieppe pier head under the batteries.

1863

CSS Alabama (8) Steam-sloop, Raphael Semmes, sinks USS Hatteras Paddle-steamer Gunboat, Cdr. Henry T. Blake, off Galveston 

[Kevin]

12th January

 

 

1794

HMS Sphinx captured Trompeuse (16) near Cape Clear Island.

1799

HMS Weazle (14) wrecked off Barnstaple Bay

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 

1810

HMS Scorpion (18), Cptn. Francis Stanfell, captured Oreste (16), Lt. Monnier, off Basse-Terre.

1813

US Frigate Chesapeake (38), Cptn. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant Volunteer 

1847

US Sloop Lexington (6) landed party at San Blas, Mexico and captured guns.

1922

HMS Victory (100) entered Portsmouth dock where she remains to this day 

[Kevin]

13th January

1741

HMS Otter (8) wrecked off Aldeburgh

1766

HMS Aurora (32) launched at Chatham

1798

Lt. Lord Camelford, commanding HMS Favorite (16), shot dead Lt. Charles Peterson commanding, HMSPerdrix(22),  for mutiny in an argument over seniority at English Harbour, Antigua

1808

HM brig Pandora (18), Henry Hume Spence, captured the French privateer Entreprenante (16), M. Bloudin, near Cap Gris Nez

1811

Cumberland merchant ship, Cptn. Barret  with 26 men, defeated four French privateers, taking 170 men, who had boarded the Cumberland, prisoners.

1815

Capture of St. Mary's, Georgia, by the British over 2 days.

1818

HMS Shark (16), Lt. Charles Newton Hunter, wrecked at Jamaica

Edited January 13, 2014 by Kevin

[Kevin]

14th January

 

1797

HMS Amazon (36), Cptn. Robert Carthew Reynolds, wrecked on the French coast, near Isle Bas, while pursuing Droits de L'Homme (74), Cptn. Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse, with HMS Indefatigable (44), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew. The French ship was also wrecked.

1798

HMS Sibylle (38), Cptn. Edward Cooke, and HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, at Caista Roads, Manilla.

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

1813

US Frigate Chesapeake (38), Cptn. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant brig Liverpool Hero

1827

HM Sloop Nimrod (18), Cdr. Samuel Sparshott, bilged in Holyhead Bay

[Kevin]

15th January

 

1743

HMS Sapphire (44), Cptn. Charles Holmes, sank two Spanish Privateers and destroyed three at Vigo. 

1808

HMS Sparkler (12), Lt. James Samuel Asked Dennis, driven ashore by a gale and wrecked on the Dutch coast

1809

HMS Pigeon (4), Lt. Richard Cox, ran ashore near Margate and was bilged

1814

Cutter of HMS Castor (32), Cptn. Charles Dilkes, took L'Heureux (1) under the guns of Montjui.

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 USSPresident (44), Commodore Stephen Decatur, off New York.

[Kevin]

16th January

 

 

1704

HMS Colchester (48), Cptn. David Wavell, foundered at Whitsand Bay

1780

Moonlight Battle. British fleet under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara and relieve Gibraltar.

1798

Boats of HMS Babel captured Desiree.

1801

HMS Garland (22), Cptn. Robert Honyman, and consorts captured Eclair, &c.

1808

HMS Linnet (14), Lt. John Tracy, captured Cherbourg privateer lugger Courier (18), Cptn. Alex Black, off Cape Barfleur.

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

[flying_dutchman2]

Always great reading this history.

Thanks, Kevin.

 

Marc

[flying_dutchman2]

1991 - Operation Desert Storm, liberation of Kuwait from Iraq, begins and there was some Naval involvement.

 

I remember this as we were glued to the BBC in the office in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

 

The Gulf war was one big joke. No chemical attacks, EVER. I kept a dairy and reading it every so often makes me laugh as everything was clockwork.

Around 5pm and 5 am there would be a scud attack. 5 minutes later it would be on CNN and they would make it out to be that WWIII had started. CNN and others exaggerated sooooo much. Except the BBC.

 

Marc

[Kevin]

17th January

 

 

1741

HMS Astrea storeship, Cptn. Swanton, accidentally burnt at Piscaraway [Piscatagua].

1770

HMS Jamaica (14) foundred off Jamaica

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.

[Kevin]

as today's history was a bit quiet, i have added a bit about one of today events

 

 

 

USS Sylph (1813)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

 

For other ships of the same name, see USS Sylph.

  Career Name: USS Sylph Builder: Henry Eckford Laid down: 26 July 1813 Launched: 18 August 1813 Fate: Sunk, 1823 General characteristics Type: Schooner Displacement: 300 long tons (305 t) Propulsion: Sail Complement: 70 officers and enlisted Armament: • 12 × long 6-pounder guns
From 1814 :
• 16 × 24-pounder carronades
• 2 × 9-pounder guns

USS Sylph was a schooner in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.

Built to strengthen Commodore Isaac Chauncey's squadron on Lake Ontario, Sylph was laid down on 26 July 1813 at Sackett's Harbor, New York, by Henry Eckford; and launched on 18 August 1813.

Service history[edit]

Three days later, the new schooner reinforced Chauncey's fleet on Lake Ontario. On the afternoon of 11 September, she began a long-range, running battle off the mouth of theGenessee River. During the three and one-half hour engagement, the American squadron suffered no casualties nor damage while the Royal Navy had a midshipman and three seamen killed and seven wounded. One of their brigs was seriously damaged before the British squadron escaped into Amherst Bay.

Sylph got into action again on the 28th when the two fleets met in York Bay. However, since she was towing a slower schooner throughout the engagement, she was unable to get close to the fleeing British ships, instead firing at them from a great distance as her contribution to the American victory.

Chauncey broke off the pursuit about mid-afternoon, lest his fleet be endangered by a threatening storm. Bad weather lasted until the evening of the 31st. On 2 October, the British fleet got underway and escaped. Chauncey hunted for the English ships and, on the afternoon of the 5th, came upon seven vessels. The American ship captured five; one other was burned by her crew to prevent capture and one managed to escape. Two of the prizes proved to be HMS Confiance and HMS Hamilton, which were the former American ships USS Julia andUSS Growler. Thereafter, the British fleet remained in Kingston, Ontario, where they were blockaded until the end of November when cold weather closed navigation on the lake for the winter.

During the off-season, both fleets engaged in a shipbuilding race in an effort to achieve naval superiority in 1814. During this period, Sylph was rerigged as a brig, and her armament was changed to 2 × 9-pounder and 16 × 24-pounder carronades.

In the spring of 1814, the British squadron was first to venture out upon the lake. On 5 May, they captured the American base at Oswego, New York; and then proceeded to Sacketts Harbor which they blockaded until 6 June.

The American fleet got underway on 31 July and sailed up to the head of the lake where Chauncey intercepted British brig HMS Sir Sydney Smith. He ordered Sylph to sail into shoal water to destroy the brig; but, before Sylph could perform the chore, the British vessel's crew ran her aground and burned her.

Chauncey then took his squadron to Kingston where he blockaded the British fleet until winter ended navigation.

The Treaty of Ghent obviated further naval operations on the Great Lakes. Sylph was laid up at Sacketts Harbor until 1823 when she was reported sunk and decayed. Her hulk was sold before 1825.

Edited January 17, 2014 by Kevin

[Kevin]

18th January

 

 

1813

Start of campaign to capture islands of Lagosta and Carzola, Adriatic, by HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Bridges W. Taylor, and troops.

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.

[Kevin]

19th January

 

 

1678

HMS Guernsey engaged an Algerine Corsair. 

1799

HMS Grampus (20) Store-ship, wrecked near Woolwich.

1804

HMS Fearless Gun-boat (12), Lt. Williams, driven on shore and wrecked in Cawsand Bay.

1808

HMS Flora (36), Cptn. Loftus Otway Bland, wrecked on the coast of Holland.

1811

HMS Satellite (16), Hon. Willoughby Bertie, foundered in the Channel

1839

Capture of Aden by HMS Volage (28), Cptn. Henry Smith, and troops.

Edited January 19, 2014 by Kevin

[flying_dutchman2]

Kevin;

Where do you get all those detailed dates from?  The Net?

I am looking on Dutch sites and there isn't a lot of naval info, but I will keep looking until I hit the jackpot of information.

The Brits always kept detailed information.  Better than the Dutch.

 

Marc

[Kevin]

Kevin;

Where do you get all those detailed dates from?  The Net?

I am looking on Dutch sites and there isn't a lot of naval info, but I will keep looking until I hit the jackpot of information.

The Brits always kept detailed information.  Better than the Dutch.

 

Marc

Thats where it comes from, i will have to find something else soon as a year will have passed by, no point in repeating it

http://www.historicnavalfiction.com/general-hnf-info/this-day-in-history/1132-this-day-in-history5

[egkb]

It is the first thing I go to on logging in.. I love this Post!

 

In Appreciation,

 

Eamonn

[Kevin]

i am looking for ideas for the next daily report - any suggestions?

[egkb]

Would 'general' history highlights be too vague? (or too much. for that matter, perhaps narrow it to Military, or a combination)

 

Eamonn

[flying_dutchman2]

Would 'general' history highlights be too vague? (or too much. for that matter, perhaps narrow it to Military, or a combination)

 

Eamonn

Eamonn;

There would be a lot of that. Everything mankind did?

My suggestion: Stick to the same centuries Kevin already used and add other naval facts.

 

Admirals-born/died and what achievements they did.

Ships used such as descriptions.

Armaments used, when they came into existence, who invented it and how.

 

Go here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ type in keywords and get FREE books - copyright is no longer valid, lots of Naval. I have learned a lot from books on this site. Lots of VOC, British East Indies, diaries of Bligh, and other sailors, lots of everything.

 

Marc

[Kevin]

20th January

 

 

1783

Great Britain and the United States sign a provisional peace treaty proclaiming an end to hostilities.

1801

HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T. Rogers, captured Sans Pareille (20), Lt. Gabriel Renault, off Sardinia.

1809

HMS Claudia Cutter (10), Lt. Anthony Bliss William Lord, wrecked off Norway.

1810

French convoy driven on shore near La Rochelle.

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.

[Kevin]

21st January

 

1782

HMS Blonde (32), Cptn. Andrew Barclay, wrecked on Nantucket Shoal

1793

Louis XVI of France executed

1800

Transport ship Weymouth (26), Cdr. Ambrose Crofton, wrecked on the Bar of Lisbon

1805

HMS Julia wrecked on Castle Rocks at the entrance of Dartmouth Harbour.

HMS Doris (36), Cptn. Patrick Campbell, wrecked on the Diamond Rock off Quiberon Bay.

1807

Boats of HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. George Sayer, captured  French corvette Lynx (16) off the coast of Venezuela

1810

Batteries at Baie Mahout, Guadaloupe, destroyed by British.

1817

HM Brig Sloop Jasper (10), Cdr. Thomas Carew, and HM Schooner Telegraph (12), Lt. John Little, wrecked on the point of Mount Batten, at the entrance of Catwater.

[flying_dutchman2]

21st January

 

1782

HMS Blonde (32),

I wonder who came up with that name for a ship

 

Marc

 

[Kevin]

I wonder who came up with that name for a ship

 

Marc

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Blonde

[Kevin]

22nd January

 

 

1755

John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) passed as Lieutenant

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.

1798

HMS Sybylle (44), Cptn. Edward Cooke, and HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, at Sambangen on the island of Majindiao.

1800

Cptn. Thomas Tingey USN ordered to duty as first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard 

1807

HM schooner Felix (14), Lt. Robert Cameron (Acting), cartel, wrecked near Santander

1809

HMS Cleopatra (32), Cptn. Samuel John Brooke-Petchell, HMS Jason (32), Cptn. William Maude, and HMSHazard (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.

[Kevin]

a link to one of todays snippets

 

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jervis,_1st_Earl_of_St_Vincent

[Kevin]

from may i may do a daily snippet about a famous ship or person connected with Naval history