9 Oct 1800 // HMS Active, a 10-gun cutter, was lying at anchor at the mouth of the Ems after delivering a convoy when she was boarded and captured by French privateer Le Modéré. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Conditions were so bad that no nearby vessels could assist, and she rapidly broke up, with just one survivor from about 240 people on board. Despite many salvage attempts only part of her cargo of gold and silver has been raised. HMS Lutine's bell hangs at Lloyds of London. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Great #LastStandOnZombieIsland article covering Coastal Battleships of the danish Herluf Trolle Class

Including lots of neat pictures

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9 Oct 1715 (O.S.) // 10-gun sloop HMS Jamaica ran aground and was wrecked off Grand Cayman while being towed by a merchant sloop after a storm had left her badly damaged. The loss was blamed on the merchantman's pilot, who chose the wrong channel through which to tow her. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Margate was able to catch up with the sloop, ordered her to stop and sent in a boat, but then began to drift and shortly afterwards ran aground on a reef. She began to flood and despite every effort being made could not be saved. She was abandoned with no loss of life. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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HMS SCYLLA's mascot.

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She was forced by the storm across the Sound of Mull, rolled over and was wrecked on Eilean Rubha an Ridire. From about 130 on board, five men and a boy survived. Her wreck has seen extensive archaeological investigation since discovery in 1973. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

I can certainly see that the person in charge struggled to come up with a different coat of arms.

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This will likely be carried over to the ship of the same name in the Dreadnought class, which is due to enter service in the 2030s.

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There was also an ‘O’ on the stern of HMS Ark Royal.

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Oh, look, it's the elusive Battle Summary No. 28

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USS Wisconsin (BB-64)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64), an Iowa-class battleship completed in 1944, photographed on 29 August 1988 during sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean.
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8 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper BYMS 2030 was sweeping at the mouth of the Seine when a mine exploded under her stern. She quickly began to settle and sank about 35 minutes later. Four of her crew were injured, but there were no fatalities and all were safely evacuated. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

8 Oct 1944 // Minesweeper HMCS Mulgrave detonated a mine while sweeping off Le Havre. There were no casualties. Severely damaged, she was beached at Le Havre and temporary repairs enabled her to be towed to Portsmouth, where she was declared a total loss. #RoyalCanadianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

8 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Ben Heilem, an Aberdeen boat in naval service as a minesweeper, ran aground in a gale off Berwick on Tweed. Salvage attempts failed because of bad weather, and she was abandoned as a wreck. No lives were lost. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

8 Oct 1812 // 18-gun sloop HMS Avenger (formerly merchant vessel Thames) was wrecked with no loss of life in the Narrows at St John's Harbour, Newfoundland. A change in the wind headed her as she tried to make the harbour in bad weather, and she was driven on shore. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Speedy, built in 1798 from unseasoned timber, was known to be leaky. Her commander, Lt Thomas Paxton, had expressed concerns about her seaworthiness but his superiors had brushed aside his protests, and he had been forced under threat of court martial to take her to sea. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

8 Oct 1800 // 18-gun brig sloop HMS Diligence struck an uncharted reef and was wrecked, with no loss of life, near Río Puercos on the north coast of Cuba. There was no loss of life, all on board being rescued by HMS Thunderer on the following day. Her wreck was set on fire. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Image: Charles Brooking, 'The Capture of the "Glorioso" 8th October 1747' (c1747), National Maritime Museum: BHC0371. The Glorioso is in the right centre exchanging fire with HMS Russell, with privateers in the background and the blazing wreck of HMS Dartmouth on the right. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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