4 Oct 1760 // 50-gun ship HMS Harwich was driven onto rocks off Isla de Pinos (now Isla de la Juventud), Cuba, in a gale. She was refloated after being lightened but was very badly damaged and was abandoned. All on board reached shore safely and the wreck was burned. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1757 // 10-gun cutter HMS Hawke was attacked by a French 8-gun privateer off the Lizard, which crippled her with well-aimed shots that brought down spars and rigging. The cutter, already undermanned and having suffered two killed and six wounded, surrendered. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1741 (O.S.) // 8-gun sloop HMS Tryall, part of Admiral Anson's squadron in the South Pacific, was found to be severely strained and leaky after chasing and capturing a Spanish merchant ship off the Chilean coast, and was scuttled off Valparaiso. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Oct 1689 (O.S.) // 30-gun 5th-rate HMS Lively Prize, the former French l'Éveille, was recaptured by the French when she fell behind her two consorts while being pursued, and was overhauled and taken by two large French warships after a brief engagement. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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There was a photograph taken from a different angle.

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Here, it says "Hermes" and "Eagle," dated January 1970.

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A pair of snapshots of the destroyer USS Blue. Photo 1 is the ship entering a dry-dock for repairs in Leyte. Photo 2 is the ship returning home from WW2 to San Francisco in 1945.

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🇦🇺 Back to Australian waters on Tuesday, 6 Oct. "HMAS Sydney: Australia's Worst Naval Disaster."

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However, uboat.net/allies/warsh... suggests that the Usurper was unlikely to have been in the vicinity of UJ2208 at the time of the attack, and therefore concludes that the vessel sank after striking a mine.

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3 Oct 1943 // Submarine HMS Usurper was lost with all 35 crew in the Gulf of Genoa on or around this date, possibly to a German anti-submarine vessel or through striking a mine, although the exact location and cause of her loss remain unconfirmed. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

3 Oct 1943 // HM Trawler Meror, part of the escort for a coastal convoy, struck a mine as she left the Humber Estuary. A tow was rigged but after a short time the trawler suddenly rolled over to starboard and sank. There were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

3 Oct 1943 // HM Trawler Aracari, in use as a water carrier, was wrecked on Filicudi Island north of Sicily, with no casualties, after her anchors dragged in a gale. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

3 Oct 1943 // Midget submarine X.10 was scuttled in the Norwegian Sea. Part of the force used to attack the Tirpitz, she had failed to lay her explosives due to mechanical defects, was eventually recovered by submarine HMS Stubborn but was then damaged in a collision. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

3 Oct 1942 // Motor gun boat MGB.78 was heavily damaged by gunfire while engaging German armed trawlers off the Hook of Holland, then ran aground. The survivors set the wreck on fire and drifted on a Carley raft until picked up and made prisoner by the Germans. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

3 Oct 1918 // HM Drifter Lustring, a Banff boat in naval service as a net barrier tender at Kirkwall, was run into and damaged by HM Trawler Elvina. Beaching was attempted but she foundered close to the shore off Hellier Holm, Shapinsay. All on board were saved. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Resistance then ceased and the Carnation surrendered, with 10 dead and 30 wounded. A series of courts martial followed: 32 of the Carnation's crew were convicted of cowardice and sentenced to transportation. Sergeant Chapman received the death sentence, and was hanged. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory