6 Oct 1915 // Paddle steamer HMS Brighton Queen, a seaside pleasure steamer taken over by the Admiralty in 1914, struck a mine laid by German submarine UC.5 off Nieuwpoort, Belgium, and sank with seven men lost. Another man died later of his injuries. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

The officer of the watch told the court martial that when he went below to warn captain and pilot that land was very near, they seemed incapable of dealing with the situation and refused to come on deck. The court reprimanded both for negligence (but only fined the pilot). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Images: Robert Dodd, 'The Quebec and Surveillante in Action' 1781 (National Maritime Museum); Auguste-Louis Rossel de Cercy, 'Battle between French frigate Surveillante and British frigate Quebec' c1780 (Musée national de la Marine), both via Wikimedia Commons. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

She then turned away and made sail as the privateer gave chase but was quickly overhauled and a battle ensued, ending with the sloop surrendering with heavy damage. Unfortunately her sacrifice did not buy enough time for her convoy to escape: all three ships were captured. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Before anything could be done she had swung onto nearby rocks which pierced her hull, and she began to flood. The flooding quickly worsened and, all attempts to save her having failed, she was abandoned as a wreck after all salvageable equipment had been removed. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

6 Oct 1692 (O.S.) // 50-gun 4th-rate HMS Norwich was lost with all hands in a storm in the Leeward Islands where she had arrived to serve as a troop transport. She was anchored off St Christopher's when her cables parted in the storm, and she was not seen again. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

5 Oct 1944 // Motor launch HDML 1227 was withdrawing from Makronisi island in the Aegean after landing a patrol when she was attacked by two German torpedo boats, which shelled her and set her on fire. All the crew were rescued and taken prisoner by the Germans. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

5 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper BYMS 2255 sank in Boulogne harbour when a mine exploded under her stern just after she had anchored after returning from a sweeping operation. Her crew evacuated in good order and there were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

The Giacomo Nani was one of a group of Italian submarines ordered from Naples to the Atlantic, to be based at Bordeaux, which had successfully passed through the Straits of Gibraltar in the early hours of 4 October. She was lost with all hands, reason unknown, in early January 1941. #RoyalNavy #WW2

5 Oct 1914 // Two trawlers in naval service as minesweepers disappeared with all hands while sweeping together in the southern North Sea: HMT Princess Beatrice (10 men lost) and HMT Drumoak (11 men lost). Explosions were heard, but no trace of the two could be found. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

His time in Albion ended when he got in trouble for misconduct involving drink: the captain noted that he was 'too fond of alcohol'. He retired at his own request, returned to (shore) service in 1914, but was retired medically unfit and died in hospital in 1916. All rather sad. #RoyalNavy #RoyalNavy

5 Oct 1768 // The 4-gun schooner HMS Duke William sailed from the Isles of Scilly to return to Plymouth late in September and was never seen again, presumed lost with all hands. The Admiralty gave up hope of her and closed her books on this date. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Image: Peter Monamy, 'Loss of HMS Victory' c1744-5, National Maritime Museum: BHC0361. The painting is an imaginative re-creation of the last moments the Victory was seen. The ship as depicted here differs in various details from the way she was at the time of her loss. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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4 Oct 1945 // Motor launch MDL.1226 was sunk by a mine while clearing a minefield off the island of Samothraki. She was manoeuvring to clear her sweeps, which had become snagged on an obstruction, when her stern ran over a mine. Three of her crew were killed. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1940 // Whaler HMS Whippet, towing a lighter from Mersa Matruh to Tobruk and escorted by HMS Svana, was subjected to two dive-bombing attacks: the first at 7pm was a near-miss, but the second, one hour later, scored a direct hit and she sank with one man lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1940 // Submarine HMS Rainbow was lost in the southern Adriatic with all 56 crew, cause unconfirmed but she almost certainly sank after being struck while submerged by Italian merchantman MV Antonietta Costa, which was in a convoy from Bari to Durazzo (Durrës). #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1918 // HM Submarine L.10 was sunk in the Heligoland Bight after breaking surface while attacking a German destroyer flotilla. She successfully torpedoed and sank destroyer S.33, but other vessels in the German flotilla pursued and sank her. All 38 crew were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory