11 Oct 1943 // Minesweeper HMS Hythe was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.371 off Bougie, Algeria. She broke in two and sank very quickly. There were 20 survivors from her crew of 82. (Imperial War Museum image FL 14021) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1940 // HM Yacht Aisha was damaged when she struck a mine in the Thames Estuary. She was taken in tow, but sank shortly afterwards. There were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1917 // Armed auxiliary patrol vessel HM Yacht Kethailes sank with the loss of 17 lives in the Irish Sea after colliding with SS Leicestershire near the Blackwater Light Vessel. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

Her captain, Cdr Leonard Rooke, anxious to deliver urgent despatches which he had brought from Corfu, had hurried his ship towards the harbour despite the darkness and his own unfamiliarity with the area. At the court martial he was admonished to be more careful in future. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1808 // 32-gun 5th-rate HMS Greyhound ran aground and was wrecked on Luzon, near Capones Island. She had been sounding regularly while sailing along the coast but ran onto a submerged reef. All but one of her crew survived and were taken as prisoners to Manila. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1805 // Fireship HMS Squib was lying at anchor in the Downs when strong winds and a swell caused her anchors to drag. Her cables were cut and she came ashore on the beach at Deal, where she capsized and broke up. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1796 // HMS Malabar, a 44-gun 4th-rate (previously East Indiaman Royal Charlotte, bought into the Navy in 1795) sank while escorting a convoy in the North Atlantic. She had lost her masts in a storm and was falling apart. One man was killed by falling debris. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1781 // Fireship HMS Firebrand was destroyed by fire off Falmouth. Smoke was seen at around 4pm and, all attempts to fight the fire having failed, she was quickly abandoned. At 5pm she exploded and the wreck came ashore and burned out. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1780 // 28-gun 5th-rate HMS Blanche was lost with all hands off Antigua during the Great West Indies Hurricane. She was with HMS Alcmene, which survived the storm. The Blanche was last seen in great distress, and was presumed to have foundered. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1780 // 14-gun ship sloop HMS Beaver's Prize was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucia during the Great West Indies hurricane shortly after sailing for Barbados. There were 17 survivors from her crew of around 200 men. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1780 // 28-gun 6th-rates HMS Andromeda and HMS Laurel were wrecked with many lives lost off Martinique in the great West Indies hurricane of 1780. There were 31 survivors from the two ships who were rescued by the French and sent under flag of truce to St Lucia. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1775 // 14-gun schooner HMS Royal Savage was sunk by American fire during the siege of Fort St Jean on Lake Champlain. After the British surrendered the fort on 3 November she was raised and put into American service. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Damaged and outgunned, and with men abandoning their posts, the Portsmouth surrendered. The court martial found her captain, Gabriel Milleson, and several of his officers, guilty of failing to resist and giving up too quickly, which seems harsh. They were deprived of all pay due. #RoyalNavy

10 Oct 1944 // HM Motor Gunboat 663 struck a mine while returning to her base at Vis from a night patrol, and sank with three men lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1942 // Submarine HMS Unique disappeared with all 34 crew in the Bay of Biscay on or around this date, cause unknown: possibly lost in an accident or sunk by German depth-charging, although her sinking was not claimed by Germany. (Imperial War Museum FL 20432) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Waltham, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, disappeared with all hands (13 men) south of the Isle of Man, cause of loss unknown: the Admiralty presumed she had been torpedoed by a U-boat, but she may have struck a mine. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1917 // Convoy escort ship HMS Bostonian was torpedoed and sunk by U-boat U.53 while marshalling her USA-GB convoy off Start Point. Two torpedoes hit her on the starboard side at 5.22pm and she sank very quickly. Four men were lost and 105 were rescued. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1814 // 14-gun schooner HMS Racer (formerly American privateer Independence, captured 1812) was wrecked on Walker's Cay in The Bahamas when a strong current drove her off course. Her stores were salvaged and all her crew survived to be rescued a few days later. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1812 // 12-gun brig HMS Sentinel ran aground after dark and in thick fog on the island of Rügen while escorting a Baltic-England convoy. By next morning it was clear she could not be saved, so the wreck was burned and all the crew got away safely in her boats. #RoyalNavy