Her captain, Cdr Leonard Rooke, anxious to deliver urgent despatches which he had brought from Corfu, had hurried his ship towards the harbour despite the darkness and his own unfamiliarity with the area. At the court martial he was admonished to be more careful in future. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1808 // 32-gun 5th-rate HMS Greyhound ran aground and was wrecked on Luzon, near Capones Island. She had been sounding regularly while sailing along the coast but ran onto a submerged reef. All but one of her crew survived and were taken as prisoners to Manila. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1805 // Fireship HMS Squib was lying at anchor in the Downs when strong winds and a swell caused her anchors to drag. Her cables were cut and she came ashore on the beach at Deal, where she capsized and broke up. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1796 // HMS Malabar, a 44-gun 4th-rate (previously East Indiaman Royal Charlotte, bought into the Navy in 1795) sank while escorting a convoy in the North Atlantic. She had lost her masts in a storm and was falling apart. One man was killed by falling debris. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1781 // Fireship HMS Firebrand was destroyed by fire off Falmouth. Smoke was seen at around 4pm and, all attempts to fight the fire having failed, she was quickly abandoned. At 5pm she exploded and the wreck came ashore and burned out. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1780 // 28-gun 5th-rate HMS Blanche was lost with all hands off Antigua during the Great West Indies Hurricane. She was with HMS Alcmene, which survived the storm. The Blanche was last seen in great distress, and was presumed to have foundered. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1780 // 14-gun ship sloop HMS Beaver's Prize was driven ashore and wrecked at St Lucia during the Great West Indies hurricane shortly after sailing for Barbados. There were 17 survivors from her crew of around 200 men. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1780 // 28-gun 6th-rates HMS Andromeda and HMS Laurel were wrecked with many lives lost off Martinique in the great West Indies hurricane of 1780. There were 31 survivors from the two ships who were rescued by the French and sent under flag of truce to St Lucia. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Oct 1775 // 14-gun schooner HMS Royal Savage was sunk by American fire during the siege of Fort St Jean on Lake Champlain. After the British surrendered the fort on 3 November she was raised and put into American service. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

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Sixteen of the Italian submarines which recently arrived at Malta lying at anchorage in Sliema Creek, VALLETTA, Malta.

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Ottoman pre-dreadnought battleship Barbaros Hayreddin
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It should be noted that these remains were lost in Ukraine.

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On 18/3.1915, whilst taking part in the Battle of Gallipoli, this pre-dreadnought battleship struck a mine, capsized and sank. Of the 710 crew members, approximately 660 were killed in action.
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‘Coastal Command Strikes at German Convoy’ (Pathé, 1944). Scenes of Coastal Command Beaufighters attacking German shipping including, unusually, footage of one of the aircraft ditching after being hit.
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10 Oct 1944 // HM Motor Gunboat 663 struck a mine while returning to her base at Vis from a night patrol, and sank with three men lost. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1942 // Submarine HMS Unique disappeared with all 34 crew in the Bay of Biscay on or around this date, cause unknown: possibly lost in an accident or sunk by German depth-charging, although her sinking was not claimed by Germany. (Imperial War Museum FL 20432) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1917 // HM Trawler Waltham, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, disappeared with all hands (13 men) south of the Isle of Man, cause of loss unknown: the Admiralty presumed she had been torpedoed by a U-boat, but she may have struck a mine. #WW1 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory