24 Sept 1917 // HM Drifter Hastfen, a Great Yarmouth boat in naval service as a net barrier tender, was sunk by a faulty electro-contact mine while she was recovering anti-submarine nets off Shipwash Sand in the Thames Estuary. Four of her crew were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

24 Sept 1915 // HM Drifter Greatheart, an Inverness boat in naval service as a net barrier tender, exploded and sank just after leaving Dover harbour with 8 men lost. The cause was at first unknown, but later confirmed to have been a German submarine-laid mine. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

24 Sept 1868 // 17-gun sail/screw sloop HMS Rattler was wrecked without loss of life when she struck an uncharted reef in La Pérouse Strait north of Hokkaido, Japan. All attempts to refloat her failed and she was abandoned when her hull began to break up. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Highflyer had no choice but to comply. Without a shot being fired, the Americans took had gained not only the Highflyer, a former American privateer captured by the British in January 1813, but also her confidential papers and private signal books. Most unfortunate. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

24 Sept 1782 // 74-gun 3rd-rate HMS Centaur sank off Newfoundland in the storm known as the Central Atlantic Hurricane. Over 400 men died. Centaur's captain and 11 men survived after an epic voyage of 400 miles to the Azores in an open boat. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The ships were from d'Estaing's fleet, which was known to be in the area. In her damaged state the Experiment was easily overtaken, and after a short exchange of fire she surrendered. The loss was very unfortunate as she was carrying money to pay the British army in Georgia. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

24 Sept 1762 // 14-gun sloop HMS Badger, escorting a southbound convoy from Orkney with HMS Flamborough, vanished in a gale off Duncansby Head and was presumed to have foundered with all hands. The Flamborough survived, although she had to throw all her guns overboard. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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24 Sept 1757 // 14-gun sloop HMS Ferret disappeared during the night of 24/25 September off Nova Scotia, when the British squadron blockading Louisburg was scattered by a storm. She was presumed to have foundered with all hands. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

When the squadron was approaching the Florida coast the senior officer signalled a turn. The Winchester was unable to comply, fell broadside on to wind and current, and was driven onto the reef. Refloating efforts failed and she was abandoned. All crew were safely taken off. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

24 Sept 1689 (O.S.) // The Richard & Martha, a 10-gun ketch hired into naval service, was wrecked in a storm on Lambay Island north of Dublin Bay while bringing letters from Hoylake to Dublin. Her crew all survived, and her guns and some stores were later salvaged. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Falmouth evacuates 339 homes after a WWII bomb remains dangerous more than 80 years later

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23 Sept 1943 // Frigate HMS Itchen was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.666 while on convoy escort duty in mid-Atlantic. In addition to her crew she was carrying 81 survivors from HMCS St Croix and HMS Polyanthus. Just three men survived from 230 on board. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

23 Sept 1940 // HM Trawler Loch Inver was torpedoed and sunk with all 13 crew lost by German torpedo boat S.13 off Aldeburgh while on a night patrol with HM Trawler Edwina. It was not known what had happened to the Loch Inver until her wreckage was found next morning. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

The Bonhomme Richard was heavily damaged, and sank on the following day. Both Pearson and Piercy were honoured for their bravery, and their success in protecting the convoy, which escaped unscathed. Image: Richard Paton's 1780 painting of the action (Wikimedia Commons). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

23 Sept 1762 // 14-gun sloop HMS Scorpion was driven ashore on the Isle of Man in a storm, with the loss of all hands. More than 70 bodies were recovered following the wreck. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Believing that they would be safer following another vessel through the fog the xebec steered towards the sail. Unfortunately the supposed sail was a tower on the island of Gorgona, and steering towards it brought the xebec hard aground on the island, where it was wrecked. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

HMS Hunter fought doughtily and kept l'Adelaide at bay for two hours until the second French ship came up, when, heavily damaged and with 17 dead, she surrendered. The career of her captain, Francis Drake, did not suffer: he was given command of 54-gun HMS Swallow in 1711. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

23 Sept 1568 // Carrack Jesus of Lübeck, acquired for Henry VIII's navy in 1540, was captured by the Spanish during a battle off San Juan de Ulúa, Veracruz, Mexico. The Spanish authorities in Mexico subsequently sold the vessel. (The Anthony Roll c1546: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

#HMSVictory #Victory #Royalnavy stern of Victory lighted up at night