7 Oct 1944 // HM Trawler Vidonia, in use as a fuel carrier, was at anchor off Utah Beach, Normandy, when she was run into by US Liberty Ship Jose Artigas. Badly holed, she broke up and sank with the loss of eight of her crew. The collision happened in bad weather. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1944 // Motor launches HDML 1118 and HDML 1119 of the Royal Indian Navy were at anchor off Maungdaw, Burma, when two RAF Spitfires attacked them with gunfire. 1118 was badly damaged and 1119 was sunk. Five men died in this tragic friendly fire incident. #RoyalIndianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

ML 339 was hit at 3:38am by a torpedo which destroyed her stern. The forward section caught fire and sank shortly afterwards. Three men were lost. About 20 minutes later the Caroline Moller was hit by a torpedo and sank, with 16 men lost from her crew of 35. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1943 // Submarine HMS Trooper, on patrol in the Aegean Sea, was lost with all hands (64 men) on or around this date. Her wreck was discovered in the Aegean north of Donoussa in 2024, with damage confirming that she had been sunk by a German mine. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1918 // HM Drifter Ocean Foam, a Great Yarmouth boat in naval service as a patrol vessel, sank off Penzance following a collision with Admiralty trawler Castor II. All her crew were saved. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1918 // HM Trawler Kalmia, a Grimsby boat serving as a patrol vessel in the Aegean, was written off as a total loss after an accidental fire at Stavros. However, sold to new owners, she was repaired, and saw further naval service in the Second World War. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

HMS Censeur resisted for more than an hour before, heavily damaged with rigging and masts shattered, she surrendered. Six of her crew died. She was the only escort captured, but more than half the merchant vessels from the 60-ship convoy also fell into French hands. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The flooding eased for a time, but when waves and wind strengthened it began again, with increasing force. With the leak and the weather both worsening, the sloop was deliberately run ashore on Cabretta Island, Georgia, where she sank into the sand. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1711 (O.S.) // 32-gun 5th-rate HMS Faversham was wrecked off Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, while escorting three transports (all also wrecked) from New York to support the expedition against Quebec. Strong currents were blamed for the wreck. About 100 lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

7 Oct 1683 (O.S.) // 16-gun 6th-rate HMS Francis, stationed in the Leeward Islands, disappeared around this date, believed foundered with all hands in the hurricane which affected the area in early October. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

On 6 July 1943, whilst en route to Kolombangara Island, the Nagatsuki ran aground off the island’s coast following an air raid and was subsequently abandoned.
Although the hull remained standing after the war, it now appears to have collapsed and disappeared.

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The photograph linked here shows the USS McDougall (DD 358), which had transported the FDR, alongside the HMS P of W; this is a scene from the Atlantic Charter Conference with Churchill, held in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, from 10 to 12 August 1941.

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USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), a Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruiser built by Litton-Ingalls and launched 1985, left San Diego Dec. 6, 2004 for deployment.
📷 U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Cl (public domain) · Wikimedia Commons
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HMAS Sydney: Australia's Worst Naval Disaster. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts.
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It is interesting to note that, when former IJN vessels were launched, the local post office would apply a special commemorative postmark to mark the occasion.

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USS New Jersey (BB-62)
USS New Jersey (BB-62), an Iowa-class battleship commissioned in 1943, was tugged down the Delaware River from Camden to Paulsboro, NJ for maintenance on March 21, 2024.
📷 QuincyMorgan (CC0) · Wikimedia Commons
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🗓️ #OTD in 1942 – Nigel Willmott is in the Med with a thrown-together team doing beach recce ahead of Op Torch.

In his absence, back in the UK his long-standing plea for beach recce to be taken seriously is starting to produce permanent results. (📸 IWM A 17721, illustrative) #NavalHistory 🧵