32 people were rescued, including Lt Lowley's 13-year-old son. Lt Lowley drowned, as did the pilot, seven seamen, three women, and a child. The Master survived to give his version of events to the court martial. The cutter was raised a few days later and returned to service. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1783 // HMS Angelica, a hired sloop armed with swivel guns and used to supply British outposts on Lake Erie, ran aground a few miles east of the Cuyahoga River. All her stores were saved but she was abandoned as a wreck. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1781 // 28-gun 6th-rate HMS Guadeloupe was scuttled in the York River during the Siege of Yorktown. The British hoped to raise her at a later date but in the event it was the French who salvaged her and she was commissioned into the French Navy as Le Guadeloupe. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1781 // 44-gun 5th-rate HMS Charon, moored in the York River during the Siege of Yorktown with her guns sent ashore to aid the garrison, was fired on by the French and set on fire. She drifted, setting fire to other ships, then burned to the waterline and sank. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The French ships were the Mignonne (28 guns) and the Bizarre (60 guns). Far outgunned, and with a damaged mainmast, the Winchelsea could offer little resistance and surrendered after a brief exchange of fire. The French went on to capture 34 ships of the convoy. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1742 (O.S.) // 14-gun sloop HMS Grampus disappeared with all hands off Guernsey during a gale. She was presumed to have foundered in the bad weather. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

HMS Chester was attacked by the 54-gun Jason and then by l'Amazone, 40 guns, which finally boarded and captured her. HMS Ruby held her own against Le Mars (54 guns) and Le Maure (50 guns) but other French ships joined the action and she was taken by boarding. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1706 (O.S.) // 4-gun bomb vessel HMS Comet was chased by three large French privateers off Dunkirk and surrendered to 26-gun Le Don du St Esprit after a brief skirmish. During the exchange of fire her captain, Master & Commander Francis Gregory, was mortally wounded. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

10 Oct 1705 (O.S.) // HMS Flamborough, a 24-gun 6th-rate stationed at Gibraltar, encountered the French 54-gun ship Jason off Cape Spartel and was captured after a 45-minute battle. The Flamborough was so badly damaged that she was scuttled by her captors. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Not everyday you see a Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer passing by 😎⚓️🇬🇧
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9 Oct 1943 // Cruiser HMS Carlisle was badly damaged by German air attack off Karpathos during the Dodecanese Campaign. Bombs caused heavy flooding and put her engines out of action. 24 men were killed. She was towed to Alexandria and written off as a total loss. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1943 // Destroyer HMS Panther was sunk by German aircraft east of Karpathos Island during the Dodecanese Campaign. Struck by bombs from Ju-87 dive bombers she broke in two and sank very rapidly. 33 of her crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image A 7315) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1940 // HM Trawler Sea King, in naval service as a minesweeper, was sweeping off Grimsby with three other trawlers when she was sunk by a mine. 13 men lost their lives. Her survivors were picked up by a pilot cutter, the other trawlers having left the scene. #WW2 #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

At 6.30am, as lifeboats were being lowered, the ship was hit amidships by a third torpedo. She broke in two and rapidly sank, leaving the lifeboats struggling to pick up men from the water. 58 men were lost. She had been sunk by U.96 (the only warship sunk by that U-boat). #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

As the Americans attempted to sail their prizes away, the Detroit exchanged fire with the British batteries at Fort Erie and was damaged. She then ran aground on Squaw Island. Later that day the Americans set her on fire after driving off a British attempt to recapture her. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1800 // Brig sloop HMS Galgo (ex Spanish brig El Galgo) was capsized at about midnight by a sudden squall north-east of the Leeward Islands. She quickly sank, leaving 25 survivors clinging to floating wreckage. They were rescued next morning by an American ship. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

9 Oct 1800 // HMS Active, a 10-gun cutter, was lying at anchor at the mouth of the Ems after delivering a convoy when she was boarded and captured by French privateer Le Modéré. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Conditions were so bad that no nearby vessels could assist, and she rapidly broke up, with just one survivor from about 240 people on board. Despite many salvage attempts only part of her cargo of gold and silver has been raised. HMS Lutine's bell hangs at Lloyds of London. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory