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Maybe some of you did not realize, that we started some days ago a new thread in which we intent to inform about naval maritime events in History.
We try to show in several posts per day some important events in more detail.
So if you are interested in naval History we recommend to scroll through the different posts per day. We are pretty sure, that you find something interesting for you.
Have in mind: there are usually several posts per day and not only one.

This Topic you can find "General Naval and Maritime History" in the thread / topic "x-day y-month - Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History"

https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...istory-naval-maritime-events-in-history.2104/

Today 21.st June f.e. we showed

in 1841 - the launch of the HMS Trafalgar (1841)

in 1900 - Russian Polar Expedition

in 1919 - Scuttling of german Fleet at Scapa Flow

in 1942 - Bombardment of Fort Stevens by japanese submarine

For redirection to the posts please click on the bold title
 
Today we showed in detailed posts the following events happened at a 26 June

in 1656 - Third Battle of the Dardanelles of the the Sixth Ottoman-Venetian War

in 1748 - the loss of HMS Fowey was a fifth rate warship of the Royal Navy struck a reef off the coast of Florida

in 1798 - an action of the HMS Seahorse, an Artois class ship like the Jotika HMS Diana, with French frigate Sensible

and in 1799 - HMS Alcmene (32-gun) captured French privateer Conrageux (28-gun)

go to
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-3#post-34092
and the following posts
 
Today we showed in detailed posts the following events happened at a 27 June and 28 June

27 June 1693 - The Battle of Lagos (Battaglia di Capo San Vincenzo)

27 June 1790 - HMS Boyne, 98-guns, was launched at Woolwich

27 June 1905 - Mutiny aboard the russian battleship Potemkin starts (post with full film)

28 June 1776 - Battle of Sullivan's Island

28 June 1794 - Joshua Humphreys appointed master builder to build Navy ships

28 June 1803 - The Action of 28 June 1803

28 June 1814 - USS Wasp fight HMS Reindeer

28 June 1904 - Sinking of SS Norge – 635 people died

and a lot of other events in short notices

go to and the following posts
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-3#post-34144
 
Today we showed in detailed posts the following events happened at 29 June

29 June 1694 - Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports in the Battle of Texel

29 June 1758 - HMS Renown (30) ex french La Renommee took French Guirlande (22)

29 June 1798 - HMS Pique (38), and HMS Jason captured Seine (42).

29 June 1813 - HMS Terrror launched in Topsham, Devon.

and a lot of other events in short notices

go to and the following posts
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-3#post-34341
 
several new events were described in our special tread

30 June 1779 - Launch of 74-gun ship HMS Edgar
30 June 1667 - The Battle of Martinique (Anglo-Dutch War)
30 June 1898 - The First Battle of Manzanillo, cuba
30 June 1934 - Launch of german Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

1 July 1644 - The naval Battle of Colberger Heide
1 July 1782 - The Raid on Lunenburg
1 July 1911 – Germany despatches the gunship SMS Panther to Morocco, sparking the Agadir Crisis.
1 July 1942 - Montevideo Maru was sunk in World War II by US-submarine - more than 1.000 dead, mainly Australian war prisoners
1 July 1677 - The Battle of Køge Bay

2 July 1813 - HMS Dædalus (40 guns) ex Italian Corona, grounded off Island of Ceylon and sank after being refloated.
2 July 1816 – The French frigate Méduse struck t
2 July 1839 – slave revolt on board of La Amistad
2 July 1915 – The Battle of Åland Islands,
2 July 1950 - Battle of Chumonchin Chan

3 July 1898 - Battle of Santiago de Cuba
3 July 1810 - The Action of 3 July 1810
3 July 1940 - The Attack on Mers-el-Kébir also known as the Battle of Mers-el-Kébir,
3 July 1952 - On her maiden voyage - USS United States broke the transatlantic speed record
3 July 1988 - Iran Air Flight 655, a scheduled civilian passenger flight, was shot down by surface-to-air missile fired from USS Vincennes,

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-4#post-34416
 
several new events were described in our special tread

4 July 1695 - Start of bombardment of St. Malo by British Navy
4 July 1898 - The sinking of The french Ocean liner SS La Bourgogne
4 July 1760 - Fire at Portsmouth Dockyard
4 July 1788 – Launch of 98-gun HMS Prince
4 July 1790 - The Battle of Viborg Bay
4 July 1814 – Launch of HMS Nelson (126-gun)

5 July 1722 - Relaunch of HMS Bonaventure ex-President later HMS Argyll
5 July 1761 - HMS Blenheim (1761), 90-gun Sandwich-class
5 July 1770 - First day of the 3 day Battle of Çeşme
5 July 1783 - French ship Séduisant (1783) 74-gun ship (remark: "Jean Boudriot´s ship of his monography)
5 July 1788 – HMS Glory (1788), 98 gun Duke-class
5 July 1814 - french Superbe (1814), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship
5 July 1833 - The fourth Battle of Cape St Vincent

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-5#post-34654
 
@DocBlake - Many thanks Dave - It is my pleasure

several new events were described in our special thread

6 July 1747 - Birth of John Paul Jones at Arbigland, Scotland
6 July 1759 - British squadron under George Rodney bombarded Le Havre
6 July 1779 - The Battle of Grenada
6 July 1782 - The Battle of Negapatam
6 July 1801 - Action off Algeciras or First Battle of Algeciras
and other events with vessels like
HMS Raven ex French corvette Arethuse (1798), HMS Seahorse (1794) , HMS Bonne Citoyenne (1794), HMS Carron (1813)

7 July 1565 - Action of 7 July 1565
7 July 1777 - American frigates USS Hancock
7 July 1800 - The Raid on Dunkirk

8 July 1283 - The Battle of Malta
8 July 1801 - The Algeciras campaign
8 July 1497 - First voyage of Vasco da Gama
8 July 1716 - The naval Battle of Dynekilen
8 July 1879 – Sailing ship USS Jeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole

9 July 1745 - Action with Du Teillay, Elizabeth and the HMS Lion
9 July 1790 - The Battle of Svensksund (with 500 ships)
9 July 1863 - The last day of the Siege of Port Hudson
9 July 1940 - The Battle of Calabria
9 July 1916 – Merchant unarmed submarine “Deutschland” arrived after first voyage in Baltimore
9 July 1947 – packet Steamer SS President Warfield renamed to SS Exodus 1947


The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-5#post-34820
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

10 July 1690 - The Battle of Beachy Head
10 July 1778 - HMS Lively (1756) was captured by the FrenchIphigenie.
10 July 1652 - War declaration by the English Parliament – The First Anglo-Dutch War begins
10 July 2011 - the Sinking of russian river cruise ship Bulgaria

11 July 1882 - The Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt by British
11 July 1915 - The Ending of the Battle of the Rufiji Delta = Sinking of light cruiser SMS Königsberg
11 July 1918 - Henry Ford launches the first of the 100 intended Eagle boats.
11 July 1405 – Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-6#post-35088
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

12 July 1801 - The Second Battle of Algeciras (also known as the Battle of the Gut of Gibraltar)
12 July 1176 - Third voyage of James Cook begins
12 July 1870 - Death of John A. Dahlgren, known by the Dahlgren-guns
12 July 1918 - The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.

13 July 1795 - The Naval Battle of Hyères Islands
13 July 1841 - London Straits Convention concluded (also mentioned often as Dardanelles Convention)

14 July 1780 - HMS Nonsuch (64), Cptn. Sir James Wallace, took French frigate Belle Poule (32) off the mouth of the Loire
14 July 1918 – SS Djemnah was a French cargo-passenger ship, that was sunk in the Mediterranean by the German submarine UB-105 during the First World War, More than 400 passengers died.

15 July 1815 – Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon Bonaparte surrenders aboard HMS Bellerophon.
15 July 1862 – The CSS Arkansas, the most effective ironclad on the Mississippi River, battles with Union ships

16 July 1863 - The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits
16 July 1797 Action of 16 July 1797 when HMS Anson (44), Cptn. Philip Charles Durham, and HMS Sylph (18), Cptn. John Chambers White,destroyed Calliope (32) off Ushant

17 July 1717 – King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
17 July 1761 - Action of 17 July 1761
17 July 1788 - Battle of Hogland
17 July 1795 - HMS Ville de Paris (1795) launched
17 July 1810 - HMS Queen Charlotte (1810) launched
17 July 1858 - The steam screw frigate USS Niagara, and the British ship, HMS Agamemnon, depart Queenstown, Ireland, to assist in laying the first trans-Atlantic telegraph cable.
17 July 1944 – Port Chicago disaster

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-7#post-35259
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

18 July 1545 - Battle of the Solent with sinking of carrack Mary Rose
18 July 1779 - largest prize value of the American Revolution
18 July 1792 - Continental Navy Capt. John Paul Jones dies in Paris
18 July 1898 - The Third Battle of Manzanillo
18 July 1943 - German submarine (U 134) shoots down blimp (K 74)
18 July 1813 - During the War of 1812, the frigate, USS President, commanded by John Rodgers, sinks the British brig, HMS Daphne

19 July 1717 - The naval Battle of Matapan
19 July 1790 - The naval Battle of Kerch Strait
19 July 1940 - The Battle of Cape Spada
19 July 1812 - USS Constitution (1797) escapes from British squadron after 3 day chase
19 July 1588 - The Spanish Armada is sighted in the English Channel.
19 July 1843 - disastrous Lauching / Floating out of SS Great Britain
19 July 1979 - The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker Aegean Captain, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill,

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-8#post-35685
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

20 July 1791 - launch of french 118 gun ship Orient
20 July 1765 - launch of 74 gun ship HMS Monarch
20 July 1801 HMS Iphigenia (1780) (32) burnt by accident at Alexandria
20 July 1807 – Nicéphore Niépce is awarded a patent by Napoleon for the Pyréolophore
20 July 1810 - HMS Euryalus a 36 gun frigate of the Apollo-class, Cptn. George Heneage Dundas, engaged a French 74 off Toulon.
20 July 1866 - The Battle of Lissa
20 July 1866 - Battle of Lissa - Order of battle

21 July 1545 - The French invasion of the Isle of Wight
21 July 1898 - The Battle of Nipe Bay
21 July 1781 - The Action of 21 July 1781
21 July 1850 - The first screw-driven gunboat Von der Tann engaged with ships Heckla and Valkyren
21 July 1907 - SS Columbia was lost after a collision with the lumber schooner San Pedro killing 88 passengers
21 July 1959 - Launch of NS Savannah, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship

22 July 1797 - The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
22 July 1713 - The Action of 22 July 1713
22 July 1805 - The Battle of Cape Finisterre
22 July 1929 - SS Bremen captured Blue Riband
22 July 1905 - USS Bennington (Gunboat #4) is wrecked by a boiler explosion

23 July 1759 - Keel of HMS Victory (100) laid down at Chatham Dockyard
23 July 1319 - The Battle of Chios
23 July 1785 - Launch of HMS Audacious
23 July 1804 - Launch of HMS Swiftsure
23 July 1810 - Battle of Silda
23 July 1943 - The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sink the Italian submarine Ascianghi
23 July 2017 - USS Constitution is refloated after restoration

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-events-in-history.2104/page-9#post-35801
and than scroll down....
 
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several new events were described in detail in our special thread

24 July 1684 - Robert de La Salle left La Rochelle with four ships (one is La Belle) to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
24 July 1823 - The Battle of Lake Maracaibo
24 July 1915 - SS Eastland disaster in harbour of Chicago, 844 people died
24 July 1945 - USS Underhill (DE-682) is hit and sunk by a Japanese kaiten manned torpedo
24 July 1963 – The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

25 July 1666 - The naval St James' Day Battle
25 July 1611 - launch of english ship Prince Royal - the first Three-decker
25 July 1609 - The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there
25 July 1894 - The First Sino-Japanese War started
25 July 1956 - Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collides with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.

26 July 1758 - French and Indian War: The Siege of Louisbourg ends
26 July 1789 - The naval Battle of Öland
26 July 1806 - The Action of 26 July 1806
26 July 1817 - Launch of Leda-Class Frigate HMS Arethusa
26 July 1820 - Launch of HMS Trafalgar
26 July 1824 - Launch of HMS Vengeance
26 July 1845 – Brunel´s ship SS Great Britain started her Maiden Voyage
26 July 1932 - schoolship of german Reichsmarine Niobe sank during a white squall, 69 cadets died
26 July 1945 - HMS Vestal sunk by Kamikaze - the last Royal Navy ship to be lost in the Second World War

27 July 1778 - The Battle of Ushant (also called First Battle of Ushant,)
27 July 1752 - Saint Louis, a French East Indiaman, launched
27 July 1770 - the 16 year old boy William Bligh joined HMS Hunter as an able seaman,
27 July 1808 - HMS Pickle schooner wrecked
27 July 1862 - American passenger steamer Golden Gate caught fire

28 July 1566 - The disaster at Visby
28 July 1588 - Fireship attack on Spanish Armada / Battle of Gravelines
28 July 1806 - HMS Mars (74), captured Rhin
28 July 1854 – USS Constellation (1854), the last all-sail warship built by the United States Navy, is commissioned

29 July 1710 - HMS Kent (70) captured Superbe (64)
29 July 1967 - USS Forrestal fire

30 July 1711 - The Quebec Expedition, or the Walker Expedition to Quebec started and was ending with a disaster
30 July 1768 - Launch of HMS Barfleur
30 July 1790 - Launch of French ship 74 gun Téméraire-class ship of the line Scipion
30 July 1803 - HMS Calypso (16-gun), run down in a violent hurricane by a heavily laden West Indiaman.
30 July 1808 - HMS Meleager (36), wrecked
30 July 1945 - USS Indianapolis sunk after japanese torpedoes

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...ime-events-in-history.2104/page-10#post-36020
and than scroll down....
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

31 July 1653 - The Battle of Scheveningen (also known as the Battle of Texel or the Battle of Ter Heijde)
31 July 1653 - Death of Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp
31 July 1715 - 11 ships of Spanish treasure fleet sink in a storm off the coast of Florida
31 July 1782 - parallel Launch of two french Minerve-class frigates, the Minerve and also the Junon
31 July 1948 - USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs
31 July 1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.

1 August 1620 - Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America
1 August 1704 - The Capture of Gibraltar by Anglo-Dutch forces of the Grand Alliance
1 August 1761 – Launch of Essex class 64 gun third rate HMS Africa
1 August 1778 – Launch of French Magicienne class 32 gun frigate Magicienne
1 August 1785 - french Jean-François de La Pérouse started around the world tour from Brest
1 August 1798 - The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay;
1 August 1798 - The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay - Order of Battle and involved ships
1 August 1798 - french flagship Orient exploded
1 August 1798 – Death of French Admiral Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...ime-events-in-history.2104/page-12#post-36432
and than scroll down....
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

2 August 1665 - The Battle of Vågen (also Battle in the Bay of Bergen, or shortened Battle of Bergen)
2 August 1795 - HMS Diomede (44) wrecked after striking a sunken rock off Trincomalee
2 August 1916 – Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto
2 August 1917 – windjammer and commerce raider SMS Seeadler wrecked in French Polynesia
2 August 1943 - PT-109's (under command of future US-president Kennedy) collision with japanese Amagiri
2 August 1951 - Schoonerbrig Wilhelm Pieck, renamed training ship Greif commissioned

3 August 1768 - Launch of French César, a 74 gun Ship of the Line, César -class
3 August 1804 - US-ships started bombardement of Tripolis harbour
3 August 1801 - HMS Pomone (44 gun), Cptn. Gower, captured Carriere (44 gun)
3 August 1829 - Launch of french Sphinx class aviso Corvette Sphinx, first french paddle steamer
3 August 1861 - Construction of first ironclad USS Monitor authorized
3 August 1918 - hospital ship HMAT Warilda was torpedoed by the German submarine and sunk
3 August 1943 - auxiliary ship Olterra last excursion

4 August 1783 - Launch of French Mercure
4 August 1790 - The Revenue Cutter Service is established by Congress
4 August 1858 - First trans-Atlantic cable completed by USS Niagara and British ship HMS Agamemnon

5 August 1777 - Launch of HMS America was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy
5 August 1781 - The Battle of the Dogger Bank

6 August 1622 – Birth of Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Dutch admiral
6 August 1666 – Death of Tjerk Hiddes de Vries, Frisian naval hero and commander, on his birthday
6 August 1808 – Launch of French Clorinde
6 August 1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled

7 August 1761 - Lord Anson in HMY Royal Charlotte yacht hoisted the Union flag
7 August 1778 - HMS Cerberus (1758 – 28 guns), HMS Juno (1757 - 32), HMS Kingfisher (1770 - 14) and HMS Lark (1762 - 32) abandoned and burnt at Rhode Island to avoid capture.
7 August 1788 – Launch of French ship Commerce de Marseille (1788)
7 August 1798 - HMS Indefatigable (1784 - 64) Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, captured Vaillante

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:
https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...ime-events-in-history.2104/page-13#post-36569
and than scroll down....
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

8 August 1745 - John Byng promoted to Rear-Admiral of the Blue - The start of his ending career
8 August 1796 - HMS Mermaid (1784 – 32 gun Active class Frigate) engaged Vengeance and batteries
8 August 1806 - Launch of French 110 gun ship Commerce de Paris
8 August 1808 - Boats of HMS Porcupine (1807 - 22 guns), Cptn. Hon. Henry Duncan, cut out Conception
8 August 1914 - The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17), also known as the Endurance Expedition started from Plymouth
8 August 1915 - Beginning of the Battle of the Gulf of Riga
8 August 1940 - Launch of japanese battleship Yamato
8-9 August 1942 - The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island
8 August 2000 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised

9 August 1778 - First Engagement between British squadron under Lord Howe and French squadron under Comte d'Estaing off Rhode Island
9 August 1781 - HMS Iris, ex USS Hancock (1777 – 28 guns) took USS Trumbull (1776 – 30 guns)
9 August 1803 – Robert Fulton operated the first steamboat on the Seine
9 August 1835 - Launch of Russian ship of the line Lefort 84 guns
9 August 1862 – Launch of USS Lackawanna, a screw sloop-of-war in the Union Navy
9 August 1910 - With sailing of the polarship Fram leaving the norwegian Kristiania, Roald Amundsen is starting his (at this time) confidential expedition to the South-pole
9 August 1914 - U-15 became the first U-boat loss to an enemy warship after it was rammed by British light cruiserHMS Birmingham.
9 August 1942 - A Japanese force runs through the Allied forces guarding Savo Sound, sinking three American heavy cruisers,

10 August 1512 - The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu,
10 August 1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa sinks in the Stockholm harbour after only about 20 minutes of her maiden voyage
10 August 1666 – Holmes´ Bonfire (09.08.-10.08.)
10 August 1756 – Launch of French Glorieux, 74 guns, later HMS Glorieux or HMS Glorious
10 August 1759 – Launch of HMS Valiant , 74 guns, Valiant class
10 August 1799 – Launch of Sir Godfrey Webster, West Indiaman and Convict Ship

11 August 1695 - unsuccessfull Bombardment of Dunkirk by british
11 August 1718 - Battle of Cape Passaro

12 August 1499 - The naval Battle of Zonchio
12 August 1780 - HMS Bienfaisant (1758 - 64), Cptn. John Macbride, took Count d'Artois off the Old Head of Kinsale.
12 August 1798 - HMS Hazard (1794 - 16), William Butterfield, captured french Neptune (20/10) from the Isle de France bound for Brest.
12 August 1809 - HMS Monkey (1801 - 12), Lt. Thomas Fitzgerald, and HMS Lynx (1794 - 16), John Willoughby Marshall,captured three Danish luggers off Dais Head near Rostock.
12 August 1809 – Launch of HMS Orpheus, Apollo class 36 gun frigate
12 August 1812 – Launch of French Ceres , 40 gun Pallas-class frigate
12 August 2000 – The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew

13 August 1704 - Battle of Malaga
13 August 1761 - The Battle of Cape Finisterre
13 August 1764 - Launch of HMS Ardent
13 August 1777 - newly developed powder keg torpedoe made by David Bushnell attached to the 'Turtle' was used to attack HMS Cerberus
13 August 1779 - The Penobscot Expedition

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:

https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...ime-events-in-history.2104/page-14#post-36928

and than scroll down....
 
several new events were described in detail in our special thread

14 August 1813 - capture of USS Argus by HMS Pelican
14 August 1744 - Launch of HMS Colchester
14 August 1787 - Launch of unique HMS Veteran, 64 guns third rate
14 August 1804 - Boats of HMS Galatea (1794 - 32) failed to cut out French privateer General Ernouf
14 August 1904 - The naval Battle off Ulsan - sinking of russian armed cruiser Rurik

15 August 1807 - Action between HMS Comus vs. Fredrickscoarn
15 August 1895 - The battleship USS Texas is commissioned. She is the first American steel-hulled battleship.
15 August 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon
15 August 1940 – An Italian submarine Delfino torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli
15 August 1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.

16 August 1742 - HMS Gloucester (1711 - 50 guns) burnt near Ladrones to avoid capture by Spanish
16 August 1778 - HMS Isis (1774 - 50 guns) engaged french Cesar (1768 - 74 guns)
16 August 1779 - HMS Ardent (1764 - 64 guns), Cptn. Phillip Boteler, captured by Franco-Spanish fleet in the Channel
16 August 1801 - Horatio Nelson failed in his attack on Boulogne
16 August 1807 - Beginning of the Second Battle of Copenhagen
16 August 1808 - HMS Sybille (44), Cptn. Clotworthy Upton, captured Espiegle (1804 - 16), Cptn. Maujouan
16 August 1897 - The ship Belgica under lead of Adrien de Gerlache set sail for the first expedition to winter in theAntarctic region

17 August 1606 - Battle of Cape Rachado - Indecisive action between a Dutch fleet under Cornelis Matelief de Jonge and a Portuguese fleet near Malacca
17 August 1712 – Action of 17 August 1712 - Danes under Sehested fight and then defeat Swedes under Henck near Rugen
17 August 1757 – Launch of HMS Shannon, a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy
17 August 1796 - Dutch fleet under Ad. Engelburtus Lucas surrendered to British squadron under Ad. Sir George Keith Elphinstone at Saldanha Bay, South Africa.
17 August 1803 - HMS Racoon (1795 - 16) destroyed Mutine (1799 – 18) off St.Jago
17 August 1803 – Launch of french 74 gunner Magnanime (1803 - 74)
17 August 1804 - HMS Loire (1796 - 40) captured privateer frigate Blonde (30) off Bordeaux after a chase of 36 hours.
17 August 1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
17 August 1841 – Launch of HMS Collingwood, Vanguard class (1841-80)

18 August 1759 - The naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France
18 August 1798 - HMS Leander (1780 - 50), Cptn. Thomas Boulden Thompson, captured by Genereaux (1785 - 74) Cptn. Lejoille.
18 August 1803 – Launch of HMS Hero 74 guns Fame class Ship of the Line
18 August 1838 - The United States Exploring Expedition led by Lt. Charles Wilkes weighs anchor at Hampton Roads on a world cruise
18 August 1887 – Launch of SS Britannia, british passenger steamer
18 August 1920 – Launch of Oceanliner RMS Empress of Canada

19 August 1702 - The Action of August 1702
19 August 1711 - Birth of Edward Boscawen
19 August 1801 - HMS Sybille (1791 - 44), Cptn. Chas. Adam, captured French national frigate Chiffone, in Mahe Road - also known as the Battle of Mahe
19 August 1808 – Death of Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Swedish admiral and shipbuilder
19 August 1812 - The frigate USS Constitution captures the frigate HMS Guerriere, off Halifax, Nova Scotia after an intense battle

20 August 1777 - Launch of Barfleur-class 90 gun Ship of Line HMS Formidable
20 August 1778 - Launch of french 74 gun Ship of the Line Neptune
20 August 1785 – Launch of Yacht HDMS Kronprindsens Lystfregat
20 August 1797 - Launch of french Carrère class 40 gun frigate Carrère at Venice
20 August 1800 - Start of a 6 day engagement in which HMS Seine (48) captured Vengeance (24)
20 August 1808 - Launch of French Pallas-class fifth rate frigate La Renommée, later HMS Java
20 August 1810 - The Battle of Grand Port started
20 August 1810 – 38 gun frigate HMS Lively (1804) wrecked
20 August 1852 – Steamboat Atlantic sank on Lake Erie after a collision, with the loss of at least 150 lives
20 August 1857 - The british clipper Dunbar wrecked near harbour of Sydney. From 122 people on board only one survived

The first event of the above mentioned list you can find here:

https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...ime-events-in-history.2104/page-16#post-37259

and than scroll down....
 
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