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18 Sept 1906 // Steel screw sloop HMS Phoenix was wrecked when a typhoon struck Hong Kong harbour while she was berthed at a coaling pier. No lives were lost. She was subsequently raised and sold for breaking up. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

One of the merchantmen was also wrecked. The grounding was blamed on the incompetence of the pilot, who had led the ships onto the sands despite the weather being clear and the seamarks all correct and visible. He was fined 12 months pay and imprisoned for a year. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

18 Sept 1743 (O.S.) // 20-gun 6th-rate HMS Bridgewater struck rocks in the early hours of the morning in St Mary's Bay, Newfoundland, and was wrecked. An unusually strong current had set her further north than expected. All her crew were rescued by a merchant ship. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Le septième sous-marin britannique de la classe Astute #royalnavy pourrait avoir été endommagé par l’incendie de sa halle de construction via @portailsousmarin.bsky.social lemarin.ouest-france.fr/defense/le-s...

17 Sept 1944 // HM Trawler Mirabelle was run into by merchant ship Sampa while alongside at Tilbury, and sank as a result of the damage. There were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW2

17 Sept 1942 // HM Trawler Waterfly came under German air attack off Dungeness while returning from minesweeping. She blew up, either from a direct bomb hit or from gunfire igniting a magazine, and quickly sank. 15 men were lost from her 18 crew. (Imperial War Museum A 5885) #RoyalNavy #WW2

Two torpedoes struck Courageous close together on her port side as she turned into the wind to launch aircraft. She lost power and began to list, flooding very rapidly and sinking 20 minutes later. The Board of Enquiry blamed the loss on poor training and failings in damage control. #WW2 #RoyalNavy

She was being towed to Scapa Flow to serve as a receiving ship. During the storm water entered through her hawse pipes, partially flooding her, and she became unstable, rolled over onto her beam ends, and sank. Six RN ratings and eleven dockyard workers died. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy

17 Sept 1796 // 16-gun sloop HMS Cormorant was destroyed by an unexplained explosion in harbour at Port au Prince, Haiti. Contemporary accounts of casualties are confused but the death toll was high: newspapers reported between 7 and 12 survivors from around 130 on board. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

17 Sept 1782 // HMS Cornwallis (14 guns), in use as a storeship, was in the Jamaica-England convoy struck by the violent storm called the Central Atlantic Hurricane. Last seen dismasted and in severe difficulties on 17 September, she was presumed to have sunk with all hands. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

She was one of several warships and merchant vessels from the convoy sunk in the storm: as many as 3500 lives were lost. Image: a 1783 print showing the Glorieux (centre) and several other vessels in a damaged condition and struggling through the storm (National Maritime Museum: PAH8434). #RoyalNavy

The French then grappled and boarded, meeting fierce resistance, with the Adventure's men using not only their weapons but whatever objects came to hand to drive back the enemy. Eventually they were overcome, and the brig surrendered, having lost 2 dead and 17 wounded. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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The accident was only discovered when the X.9 failed to surface for a scheduled ventilation and battery charging period. The tow was then pulled in and was found to have broken. HMS Syrtis reversed course and searched for some hours, but found only an oil slick. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory