#Royalnavy HMS #barham followed by HMS #Malaya and HMS #Argus 1920s

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

16 Sept 1919 // Monitors HMS M.25 and HMS M.27 were scuttled with explosives after running aground in the Northern Dvina River while covering British and White Russian withdrawal from Archangel. Image: Royal Navy monitors in the Dvina July 1919, M.27 on right (IWM Q16017). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

16 Sept 1918 // Coastal defence ship HMS Glatton caught fire in Dover harbour, threatening the town with a devastating magazine explosion. This was prevented when she was scuttled with torpedoes by HMS Cossack. A total of 79 men lost their lives. (IWM SP 2595 & SP 2083) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

The Court of Enquiry cleared Captain Ramsey of HMS Pasley and his officers of any blame for the tragedy, and made a point of assuring the midshipman who had ordered the ramming attack that he was not at fault and had acted justifiably and correctly in the circumstances. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

Using this line a hawser and a bosun's chair were rigged, and the rest of the crew were able to reach the shore safely. Lily's commander and navigating officer were blamed for her loss, and both were severely reprimanded and dismissed their ship. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The frigates - Medea (44), Esmeralda (34) and Santa Clara (34) - chased her to Puerto Padre, where they followed her into the harbour and positioned themselves to block her in. Faced with overwhelming force and no means of reaching the open sea, the Musquito surrendered. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

16 Sept 1778 // 14-gun schooner HMS Helena, bound from Spithead to Gibraltar, ran into poor weather and suffered damage including a lost bowsprit. When the weather cleared she found the French fleet very close. Three frigates pursued her, and she surrendered when overhauled. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

16 Sept 1776 // 8-gun brig sloop HMS Savage was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, after her anchors dragged in a gale. She cut her cables and attempted to make for open water but struck rocks and quickly began to break up. All her crew escaped safely. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

16 Sept 1709 (O.S.) // Sailing from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to investigate a reported privateer off Christchurch, 12-gun 6th-rate HMS Hind ran aground off Hurst Castle due to her commander's unfamiliarity with the currents. She flooded and was abandoned as a wreck. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

16 Sept 1672 (O.S.) // HMS Tulip, a 2-gun sloop carrying despatches from Great Yarmouth, was attacked and captured off Orford Ness by a Dutch privateer which easily overcame the sloop's resistance, firing a broadside into her and then taking her by boarding. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Admiralty Board of Enquiry into the loss concluded that not enough had been done to save the ship and reprimanded her CO, Captain Oliver Stokes DSO, for abandoning ship too soon. He was barred from holding a Navy command at sea again. (Imperial War Museum FL 11011) #NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #WW2

Her commander, Lt John Jackson, was held largely responsible by the court martial for the loss: he did not know Padstow but had refused to take a pilot, and had not lightened the schooner before trying to haul her off the bank. He was reprimanded and lost a year's seniority. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

15 Sept 1814 // 20-gun 6th-rate sloop HMS Hermes ran aground as she withdrew, with heavy damage and 25 men killed, following a failed British attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile Point, Alabama. She was abandoned and set on fire, exploding when the fire reached her magazine. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

15 Sept 1807 // 10-gun schooner HMS Barbara was captured by 14-gun French privateer Général Emouf off the coast of Guiana, after an overnight chase and a 30-minute engagement. The Barbara surrendered after being boarded. She lost four men killed and six wounded. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

15 Sept 1747 (O.S.) // 20-gun HMS Lyme was part of the escort for a convoy to England from the Caribbean which ran into a storm in mid-Atlantic, during which HMS Lyme capsized and sank. Four survivors were picked up from floating wreckage on the morning of 16 September. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

15 Sept 1745 (O.S.) // 10-gun sloop HMS Sapphire's Prize sailed from Dublin around this date and was never seen again. She was presumed to have been lost with all hands in the Irish Sea. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

15 Sept 1697 (O.S.) // 32-gun 5th-rate HMS Southsea Castle was driven onto sandbanks off Hoylake at the mouth of the Dee Estuary. She had been damaged in a gale on the previous day and had anchored for the night off Hoylake. She was running for shelter when she grounded. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Few from yesterday.

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Formação de bombardeiros torpedeiros Fairey Albacore da Royal Navy, sobre o Oceano Índico, 1942

#aviação #militar #historia #WWII #bombardeiro #RoyalNavy #Albacore