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

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

USCGC Eagle (WIX-327)
Built in 1936 as the German training ship Horst Wessel, this barque was taken by the U.S. as war reparations and became USCGC Eagle; here she sails the Elbe near Cuxhaven, Germany, in 2011.
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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

Further details regarding this operation are set out below.

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Catch up with historian and author Mark Lardas discussing his book, "U-Boat vs Royal Navy Capital Ship, 1939–45" on the Company of Makers YouTube channel.

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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 1944 // Frigate HMCS Chebogue was torpedoed in mid-Atlantic by U.1227 while escorting an outbound convoy, losing thirty feet of her stern. Seven of her crew were killed. She was towed to Port Talbot and was written off as a constructive total loss. #RoyalCanadianNavy #WW2 #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

4 Oct 1918 // Special service vessel HMS M. J. Hedley, hired and converted to act as a decoy ship, was written off after capsizing and sinking while taking on coal at Barry, South Wales. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1918 // HM Drifter Coleus, a Lowestoft boat in naval service as a net barrier tender, struck a drifting mine off Dover and sank at around 1am with the loss of four men. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1912 // HM Submarine B.2, taking part in exercises off Dover at around 6am, was rammed and sunk while surfaced by German liner SS Amerika. Just one man from B.2's crew of 16 survived: Lt Richard Pulleyne was blown out of the sinking submarine by escaping air. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

On 3 October help finally reached the Hector, now awash with exhausted crew and no provisions, in the form of Dartmouth privateer Hawke. With great skill and courage the privateers took the men off, the last leaving on 4 October, after which the Hector was left to sink. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

As well as the Stirling Castle, four other vessels from the squadron were lost in the hurricane: 74-gun HMS Thunderer, 20-gun HMS Scarborough, 14-gun HMS Victor and 12-gun HMS Barbadoes. All vanished with no survivors. (Image of HMS Phoenix: National Maritime Museum) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory