25 July
On the 25th of July 1666 (Julian calendar), English and Dutch fleets began a two-day engagement known as the St. James’ Day Battle.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-Battle-Day-1
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25 July
On the 25th of July 1666 (Julian calendar), English and Dutch fleets began a two-day engagement known as the St. James’ Day Battle.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-Battle-Day-1
26 July
On this day 26 July - the St. James' Day Battle - Day 2
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-Battle-Day-2
The naval Battle of Öland took place on 26 July 1789 during the Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790).
1812 - Frigate Essex captures British brig Leander.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-26-July
27 July
The Battle of Grengam on 27 July 1720 was the last major naval battle in the Great Northern War that took place in the Ĺland Islands, in the Ledsund strait between the island communities of Föglö and Lemland.
The Battle of Ushant (also called the First Battle of Ushant) took place on 27 July 1778, during the American War of Independence, fought between French and British fleets 100 miles (160 km) west of Ushant, a French island at the mouth of the English Channel off the north-westernmost point of France.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-27-July
On 27 July 1776, during the American Revolution, the Continental Brig Reprisal engaged the British Sloop-of-War Shark.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1412-27-July
28 July
On 28 July 1854 USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the US Navy, is commissioned.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-28-July
On 28 July 1861, during the Civil War, the frigate St. Lawrence engaged the Confederate privateer Petrel.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1421-28-July
29 July
On 29 July 1588 during the Anglo-Spanish War the Battle of Gravelines occurred.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-29-July
On the 29th of July 1782, the HMS Santa Margarita, a 36-gun fifth rate frigate under the command of Captain Elliot Salter, captured the 36-gun Amazone off Cape Henry, Virginia.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-day-29-July
30 July
On this day, 30th July 1792, Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin was sung with such gusto by volunteer troops (fédérés) from Marseille entering Paris that it became known as La Marseillaise.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...s-quot-reasons
The 1715 Treasure Fleet was a Spanish treasure fleet returning from the New World to Spain. In the evening of July 30, 1715 , seven days after departing from Havana, Cuba, all eleven ships of this fleet were lost in a hurricane near present day Vero Beach, Florida.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-30-July
31 July
On the 31st of July 1793, the HMS Boston, under the command of Captain George Courtenay, and the French Embuscade, under the command of Captain Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart, fought a duel of the coast of New Jersey.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...h-frigate-duel
On 31 July 1804 the 32-gun frigate HMS Tartar encountered the privateer Hirondelle.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-31-July
1 August
The Action of 1 August 1801 was a single-ship action of the First Barbary War fought between the American schooner USS Enterprise and the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli off the coast of modern-day Libya.
The Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir Bay), was a major naval battle fought between British and French fleets at Aboukir Bay on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt from 1–3 August 1798.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...s-Day-1-August
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...?1428-1-August
2 August
On the 2nd of August 1665, the CSS Shenandoah, under the command of Captain James Iredell Waddell, was en route to attack San Francisco when she learned of the end of the American Civil War from the Liverpool barque Barracouta. Waddell immediately took down the Confederate flag and transformed the Shenandoah from a man-of-war to a merchant vessel.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ican-Civil-War
3 August
On the 3rd of August 1804, ships of the Mediterranean Squadron, under the command of Commodore Edward Preble, participated in an attack on Tripoli.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...cks-on-Tripoli
At 14:30 on 3 August 1801, a squadron of patrolling frigates, HMS Phoenix under Captain Lawrence Halsted, HMS Pomone under Captain Edward Leveson-Gower and HMS Pearl under Captain Samuel James Ballard discovered a sail off the western shore of Elba and gave chase.
1812 - Frigate Essex capture British brig Brothers.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...s-Day-3-August
4 August
The Action of 4 August 1800 was a highly unusual naval engagement that took place off the Brazilian coast during the French Revolutionary Wars.
On 4 August 1846, during the Mexican-American War, Marines and Sailors led by Commodore Robert Stockton from the Frigate Congress landed to capture Santa Barbara, California.
On 4 August 1790, the Revenue Cutter Service was established by Congress, authorizing the construction of ten vessels to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...for-the-French
5 August
The Capture of HMS Dominica was a notable single-ship action that occurred on 5 August 1813 off the Bermudas during the War of 1812.
The naval Battle of the Dogger Bank took place on 5 August 1781 during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, part of the American War of Independence, in the North Sea.
The Battle of Samos was a naval battle fought on August 5/17, 1824 off the Greek island of Samos during the Greek War of Independence.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...s-Day-5-August
6 August
6 August 1805, Contre-Admiral Charles-Alexandre Durand Linois in the 74-gun Marengo, accompanied by the 40-gun Belle Poule, discovered a convoy of eleven large ships sailing eastwards along the trade route from the Cape to Madras.
Fred T Jane was born on this day in 1865.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...s-Day-6-August
7 August
On 7 August 1798 the brig-sloop HMS Espoir engaged the Genoese pirate, the 26-gun Liguria, some three leagues off Cape Windmill.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...s-Day-7-August
On 7 August 1782, the Badge of Military Merit, now known as the Purple Heart, was established by then General George Washington.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...436-August-7th
8 August
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9 August
The Action of 9 August 1780 was a naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War in which the main Spanish fleet led by Admiral Luis de Córdova y Córdova, together with a squadron of French ships, captured a heavy British convoy of sixty-three vessels causing a severe blow to the commerce of Great Britain.
1815 - Captain Stephen Decatur concludes treaty for the United States with Tripoli.
1842 - Signing of Webster-Ashburton Treaty under which United States and Great Britain agreed to cooperate in suppressing the slave trade.
1865 - Return of Naval Academy to Annapolis after four years at Newport, R.I.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ary-War-battle
10 August
The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu took place on 10 August 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai, near Brest, France, between an English fleet of 25 ships commanded by Sir Edward Howard and a Franco-Breton fleet of 22 ships commanded by René de Clermont.
On 10 August 1628, Captain Söfring Hansson ordered the Swedish warship Vasa to set sail on its maiden voyage to the naval station at Älvsnabben.
The 36-gun frigate HMS Flora encountered the French frigate La Nymphe, pierced for 40 guns, but mounting only 32.
On 10 August 1805 the 36-gun frigate HMS Phoenix, under the command of Captain Thomas Baker, came across the 40-gun French frigate Didon off Cape Finisterre.
On 10 August 1809, the 18-gun brig HMS Allart, Commander James Tillard, chased the Dano-Norwegian warships Lougen and Seagull into Fredriksvern, only to find herself the quarry of 15 Danish gunboats, arrayed in three divisions.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-10-August
On 10 August 1812, during the War of 1812, the Frigate Constitution captured and burned the Brig Lady Warren off Cape Race.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...43-August-10th
11 August
The Battle of Cape Passaro (or Passero) was the defeat of a Spanish fleet under Admirals Antonio de Gaztańeta and Fernando Chacón by a British fleet under Admiral George Byng, near Cape Passero, Sicily, on 11 August 1718, four months before the War of the Quadruple Alliance was formally declared.
1812 - USS Constitution captures and destroys brig Lady Warren.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...f-Cape-Passaro
On 11 August 1808 the French 16-gun brig Sylphe ,under the command of capitaine de frégate M. Louis Marie Clément, encountered the 18-gun HMS Comet.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-11-August
12 August
On 12 August 1782, the 28-gun frigate HMS Coventry, under the command of Captain Andrew Mitchell. encountered the 32-gun French frigate Bellone off Friars Hood, Ceylon.
1812 - USS Constitution captures and destroys brig Adeona.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-12-August
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...48-August-12th
13 August
On the 13th of August 1812, the USS Essex, under the command of Captain David Porter, captured the HMS Alert.
On the 13th of August 1761, the HMS Bellona (74), accompanied by the HMS Brilliant (36), pursued and engaged the French Courageux (74) and two frigates.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...of-engagements
14 August
On 14 August 1813, USS Argus, under the command of Master Commandant William Henry Allen, and HMS Pelican, under the command of Commander John Fordyce Maple, engageded each other.
The East Indiaman Lord Nelson, under Captain Robert Spottiswoode, was on her return voyage when on 14 August 1803 she encountered the French three-masted privateer Bellone off Cape Clear, Ireland.
The naval Battle of Hansan Island, also known as the Battle of Hansan-do, took place on August 14, 1592 near the Korean island of Hansan, and was one of the most important battles of the Imjin War.
And let us not forget that The Royal Hajj him self was born on this day in 1795... err.. 1975!
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-14-August
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ures-USS-Argus
15 August
On 15 August 1807 HMS Comus encountered the Danish frigate Frederiksvćrn (Fredrickscoarn in British usage).
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Frederiksvćrn
16 August
The French Curieux-class brig Espičgle was captured by the British frigate Sybille on 16 August 1808.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...vette-Espiegle
1812 - USS Constitution recaptures American merchant brig Adeline.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...?560-16-August
17 August
On 17 August 1803 at 1 p.m. the 18-gun brig-sloop HMS Racoon encountered the French navy's brig Mutine, of eighteen 18-pounder guns.
1812 - Frigate President captures British schooner L'Adeline in North Atlantic.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-17-August
18 August
The Action of 18 August 1798 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars, fought between the British fourth rate ship HMS Leander and the French ship of the line Généreux.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...rench-Généreux
The naval Battle of Lagos between Britain and France took place over two days, on 18 and 19 August 1759, during the Seven Years' War off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
On 18 August 1801 HMS Guachapin was in an unequal fight against the Spanish letter of marque Theresa.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-18-August
19 August
The USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere, was a single ship action between the two ships during the War of 1812, approximately 400 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
On 19 August 1818, Captain James Biddle, sailing on board USS Ontario, landed at Columbia River and took possession of Oregon Territory for United States.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-HMS-Guerriere
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-19-August
20 August
The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-of-Grand-Port
On 20 August 1800 the frigate HMS Seine attacked the French frigate Vengeance in the Mona Passage.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-20-August
21 August
On this day 21 August - the HMS Penguin and her prizes
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...and-her-prizes
22 August
The Action of 22 August 1795 was a minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars between a squadron of four British Royal Navy frigates and two frigates and a cutter from the Navy of the Batavian Republic.
The Action of 22 August 1866 occurred during the Chincha Islands War near Funchal, on the island of Madeira.
The Battle of Andros took place on 22 August 1696 southeast of the Greek island of Andros between the fleets of the Republic of Venice and the Papal States under Bartolomeo Contarini on the one side and the Ottoman Navy, under Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha, and allied Barbary forces on the other.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-three-periods
The USRC James Madison’s career came to an end on 22 August 1812.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-22-August
23 August
The Action of 23 August 1806 was a minor naval battle of the Napoleonic wars, fought off the coast of Spanish Cuba near the port of Havana.
On 23 August 1819, U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver H. Perry, hero of the War of 1812 Battle of Lake Erie and on his 34th birthday, died on board the Schooner USS Nonsuch.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-day-23-August
The Proclamation of Rebellion, officially titled A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition, was the response of George III of Great Britain to the news of the Battle of Bunker Hill at the outset of the American Revolutionary War.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-23-August
24 August
On August 24, 1814, after defeating the Americans at the Battle of Bladensburg, a British force led by Major General Robert Ross occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to many public buildings.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-24-August
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...1478-24-August
25 August
The Ferrol Expedition (or Battle of Brión) took place on 25 and 26 August 1800, and was an unsuccessful British attempt to capture Ferrol from Spain.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ttle-of-Brión)
26 August
The Battle of Plymouth was a naval battle in the First Anglo-Dutch War. It took place on 26 August 1652 (New Style, 16 August Old Style) and was a short battle, but had the unexpected outcome of a Dutch victory over England.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...le-of-Plymouth
On 26 August 1803 USS Philadelphia, with Captain William Bainbridge in command, recaptured the American brig Celia from the Moroccan ship-of-war Mirboka (24 guns and 100 men), and brought them both into Gibraltar.
1775 - Rhode Island Resolve: Rhode Island delegates to Continental Congress press for creation of Continental Navy to protect the colonies.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-26-August
27 August
The Bombardment of Algiers (27 August 1816) was an attempt by Britain to end the slavery practices of the Dey of Algiers.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ent-of-Algiers
On 27 August 1810 the French Navy defeated the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of Grand Port on Île de France.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-27-August
28 August
On this day 28 August - the capturing of a ship.
On 28 August 1867, Captain William Reynolds of the screw sloop-of-war Lackawanna raised the U.S. flag over Midway Islands and took formal possession of the islands for the United States.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ring-of-a-ship
29 August
On 29 August 1800 the vessels of the British blockading squadron, which was under the command of Sir John Warren, sent their boats into the harbour at Vigo to attack and cut out the French brig Gučpe.
Heading west, making for the Torres Strait, the Briish frigate HMS Pandora ran aground on 29 August 1791 on the outer Great Barrier Reef. She was carrying 14 prisoners from the HMS Bounty mutiny.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-29-August
HMS Royal George sank undergoing routine maintenance work whilst anchored off Portsmouth on 29 August 1782 with the loss of more than 800 lives, one of the most serious maritime losses to occur in British waters.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...S-Royal-George
30 August
On August 30, 1799 , a squadron of the navy of the Batavian Republic, commanded by Rear-Admiral Samuel Story, surrendered to the British navy.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-30-August
On this day 30 August - a shore party.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-a-shore-party
31 August
On 31 August 1795 Fort Ostenburg, the principal fortress of the port of Trincomalee on the island of Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), was taken by British forces.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-31-August
On 31 August 1862, the last daily rum was issued to US Navy sailors on board vessels.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ast-of-the-rum
1 September
The Sinking of HMS Avon was a single ship action fought during the War of 1812, and took place on 1 September 1814.
The San Felipe Incident was the first naval battle fought between Mexican and rebel forces during the Texas Revolution.
On 1 September 1800, during the Quasi-War with France, the Schooner USS Experiment, commanded by U.S. Navy Lieutenant Charles Stewart, captured the French Privateer “Deux Amix” off Barbuda, West Indies.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-1-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...98-1-September
2 September
On 2 September 1811, the 12-gun brig HMS Manly, under the command of Lieutenant Richard William Simmonds, was cruising off Arendal on the Norwegian coast in the company of the 10-gun brig HMS Chanticleer when they encountered three Danish 18-gun-brigs.
From 2 to 5 September 1807, a British fleet under Admiral Gambier bombarded Copenhagen when the Danes rejected British demands to surrender.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-2-September
HMS Phœnix, off Vada, near Leghorn, September 2, 1801
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-2-September