She was presumed to have foundered in a typhoon which affected the South China Sea in mid-September. Wasp was the only one of the four Bramble-class gunboats to be lost. The other three, HMS Bramble, HMS Lizard, and HMS Rattler, served into the 20th century. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Early on 11 September it became clear that she would have to be abandoned. A raft carried all on board ashore, and only one man, a soldier, was lost. On the next day she broke up. The wreck was blamed on a strong current which had carried her onto the Two Keys Reef. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Image in first post: 'Battle of Erie' (c.1816), coloured engraving by Peter Maverick depicting the Battle of Lake Erie, 10 September 1813. Yale University Art Gallery: 1946.9.1724 (public domain). [6/6] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The action ended abruptly at 3:30am when the Alphea suddenly blew up. The cause was probably gunpowder ignited by a hand grenade thrown from the Renard. In the darkness and confusion, and in heavy seas, it was impossible to save anyone and she was lost with all hands. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The image in the first post shows a view of Heligoland in 1811 a few years after it had come under British rule. 'A View of Heligoland from Sandy Island', engraving by R. & D. Havell after John Dalton (1811). British Museum: 1872,0608.247 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

This single-ship action, the 'Battle of Lake Pontchartrain', effectively eliminated the Royal Navy from the lake and local waterways, leaving British West Florida more vulnerable to Spanish and American attacks and hastening the end of British control of the region. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The bomb vessel and the schooner were some distance off as the action ended, and were making sail to get away, but the Amphitrite cut up the schooner's sails and rigging with very precise long-range shots, and she had to surrender. The bomb vessel did manage to escape. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Amazone gave chase, and the Ariel, finding herself quickly overhauled, waited for the French frigate to come up and opened fire. A fierce battle began, lasting 90 minutes before the Ariel, with 4 dead, 20 wounded, and mizzen mast shot away, finally surrendered. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The nearest ship raised French colours and opened fire, and after a short chase the Dolphin, unable to offer any effective resistance, surrendered. Her captors were 32-gun frigates Dédaigneuse and Charmante, and their prize HMS Active, captured ten days earlier. [3/3] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Along the A303 near #Amesbury there is an arrangement of trees marking the positions of warships during 1788's Battle of the Nile. #history #napoleonicwars #nelson #Napoleon #RoyalNavy

9 Sept 1943 // HM Drifter Noss Head became a total loss while alongside at Freetown, Sierra Leone, after a tank engine broke loose while being lowered into her hold and went right through her bottom. She flooded uncontrollably through the resulting large hole, and sank. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

9 Sept 1940 // HM Trawler Dervish sank after detonating a mine south of the Humber Light Vessel. Four of her crew were lost. Her wreck, lying in shallow water with her mast still protruding above the waves, was broken up with explosives in 1948-9. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Indian Navy sloop Berenice carried out a search along the Camilla's presumed course in late September but no trace of her was found. Camilla, launched at Pembroke Dockyard in 1847, was a brig sloop of the Helena class and, of the six commissioned, the only one lost. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Busy day, here’s a few from this afternoon.

#photography #submariner #royalnavy #maritime #navy

Busy day, here’s a few from this afternoon.

#photography #submariner #royalnavy #maritime #navy

Caças Fairey Fulmar, da Royal Navy, a bordo do HMS Formidable, 1942

#aviação #militar #historia #WWII #AviaçãoDeCaça #RoyalNavy #Fulmar

A great evening with some illustrious guests at Peter Moore's book launch at Dr Johnson's House, London
If you want to read up on Lord Cochrane Peter's masterpiece is a MUST!

A DANGEROUS GAME-THOMAS COCHRANE'S LIFE ON THE EDGE

#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #books #LordCochrane #MasterAndCommander

During my recent stay in London I have tried to track down some places relevant to Cochrane's life.

1 Cock Lane
Mr. King's tin factory Cochrane went to on the morning when the Great Stock Exchange Fraud happened.
This is where the original building stood.
#NavalHistory #RoyalNavy #LordCochrane

Britain was nearly forced to surrender by Christmas 1939! My latest blog tells the tale and how the country was saved by the extraordinary courage of a small #royalnavy team. #WW2 #history #historicalfiction

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