28 Sept 1916 // HM Trawler Orsino, a Hull boat in naval service as a patrol vessel at Stromness, was sunk with gunfire by U-boat U.55 north of Strathy Point on the north coast of Scotland. Six of her ten crew were lost, the other four became prisoners in Germany. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

28 Sept 1808 // 16-gun brig HMS Seaflower was captured by French frigate Manche off Sumatra after a chase that had begun at 10am on the previous day. When the frigate caught up at noon, the brig surrendered, having thrown all but two of her guns overboard during the chase. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The loss was blamed on the incompetence of the pilot, who had also run her ashore twice on the previous day. On the first occasion she had floated free and on the second she was hauled off, but her timbers had been weakened and the third grounding caused terminal damage. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

28 Sept 1799 // 14-gun schooner HMS Fox was driven onto a reef by a squall and wrecked in Saint George Sound, on the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida. Her crew reached Dog Island where they managed to survive for over a month before rescue came, and no lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Shots from her pursuer left most of the Falcon's sails and rigging in tatters. A heavy sea was running, and her lee ports were underwater making the guns on that side unusable. She could offer little resistance and when the privateer called on her to surrender she complied. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

You can find their log-books at naval-history.net.
HMS Hood: www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-...
HMS Repulse: www.naval-history.net/OWShips-WW1-...

Also, you can see them make their way across the world in this video I once recorded:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rM6...

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28 Sept 1686 (O.S.) // 44-gun 4th-rate HMS Half Moon Prize, in ordinary at Chatham, was destroyed by a fire which apparently began when a candle was knocked over in the cook's cabin. The only casualty was the cook, who was rescued in an unconscious state but did not recover. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

As she surfaced and began to reverse, she came under fire from coastal batteries and ships in the harbour, after which she was reported missing.

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I cannot read English and do not have the card, so I am unable to purchase it, but von Essen was the most capable captain of the Russo-Japanese War.
I have heard in passing that he was equally capable in the Baltic Sea, so this book is bound to be excellent.

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Using dead reckoning, it located the Portland west of the Gulf of Guinea (5° N, 22° W). The ship fired its 90 mm anti-aircraft guns, but the crew scuttled the vessel.

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Hard to believe it is over a year since the manuscript for my last book went to the publisher. I wrote a short piece about writing naval history, and the motivations for my last book in particular:
markharrisauthor.wordpress.com/2025/08/15/w...
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In May 1898 in the North Atlantic during the Spanish American War, the US Navy monitor USS Wyandotte steams from Connecticut to Boston to protect the harbor from Spanish forces.

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A small correction is necessary, it seems.
According to both their log-books, HMS Hood and HMS Repulse set sail 28 September 1923.

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27 Sept 1943 // Destroyer HMS Intrepid capsized and sank in Lakki harbour on the island of Leros after being hit by two bombs from German dive bombers during intense German air attacks on the harbour. Fifteen of her crew lost their lives. (Imperial War Museum: A 7871) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Hit by two torpedoes soon after 1am, she lost power and flooded heavily. She was abandoned after damage control failed, and was scuttled by HMS Jasmine using gunfire and depth charges. She lay awash for some time and finally sank at about 7pm. 32 men were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

27 Sept 1840 // A large fire broke out at Plymouth Dockyard and HMS Talavera (74 guns) and HMS Imogene (28 guns) were destroyed, happily with no lives lost. Image: Thomas Lyde Hornbrook, 'Dockyard Fire at Plymouth' 1840 (North East Lincolnshire Museum via Wikimedia Commons). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

A party was sent to Charlottetown to summon assistance, and over the next few days the guns and stores were recovered. The brig's Captain and Master were reprimanded at court martial for not using the lead-line, and the pilot was fined for failing to warn of the currents. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Barbadoes grounded at 9:15pm. The night was spent in failed efforts to refloat the ship. She was abandoned, with the loss of one man, on the following day. The crew, and a large amount of money the ship was carrying, were collected two weeks later by other RN vessels. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory