1653 - First issue of the Articles of War, read on board HMS Swiftsure (from which came the phrase "naval justice is swift and sure")

1796 - HMS Cleopatra captured the French privateer Hirondelle 500 miles W of Ushant

1805 - HMS Kingfisher (18), Nathaniel Day Cochrane, captured the French privateer schooner Elisabeth (14) in the West Indies

1808 - HM Ships Naiad and Narcissus captured the French privateer Fanny off Noirmoutier

1812 - Captain John Hayes saves his ship in a violent gale off Ile de re in the Bay of Biscay.
From Wikipedia: "In 1812, Hayes moved to command HMS Magnificent off Brest, and in her gained fame for keeping his ship steady during a gale while anchored in the Basque Roads. The wind was so fierce that Magnificent lost both anchors and was almost driven onto rocks. Only an extremely skilful act of seamanship from Hayes saved Magnificent and her crew from the rocks, and Hayes was afterwards known as the "Magnificent Hayes"