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31 December

On this day 31 December - de Villeneuve was born

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1900-On-this-day-31-December-de-Villeneuve-was-born

30 December

On this day 30 December - final ships arrived in Bantry Bay, Expédition d'Irlande
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29 December

On 29 December 1812 the the 44-gun frigate USS Constitution engaged the 38-gun frigate HMS Java.

On 29 December 1806 the 14-gun sloop-of-war HMS Spitfire, under the command of...

28 December

-Reserved-

27 December

On this day 27 December - the Court Martial of Admiral Byng

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1886-On-this-day-27-December-the-Court-Martial-of-Admiral-Byng

26 December

On 26 December 1799, at 10:15 a.m. HMS Viper encountered French privateer Furet.
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25 December

USS Vixen was captured at sea by the Royal Navy 36-gun frigate HMS Belvidera, Captain Richard Byron, on 25 December 1813 while sailing from Wilmington, North Carolina, to Newcastle,...

24 December

On December 24 1815 USS Constitution, under the command of Captain Charles Stewart, intercepted the merchantman Lord Nelson and placed a prize crew aboard.

1814 - The Treaty of...

23 December

USS Enterprise, a schooner with Lt. Stephen Decatur in command, captured the Tripolitan ketch Mastico on 23 December 1803.
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22 December

On 22 December 1797 the 36-gun HMS Phoebe, Captain Robert Barlow, captured the French 36-gun Néréide, Captain Antoine Canon.

1775 - Congress commissions the first Naval officers:...

21 December

On this day 21 December - Landing parties destroy a tower

http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1864-On-this-day-21-December-Landing-parties-destroy-a-tower


Dec. 21, 1821:...

20 December

-Reserved-

19 December

-Reserved-

18 December

-Reserved-

17 December

1809 - HMS Sceptre (74), Cptn. Samuel James Ballard, and consorts captured Loire (20) and Seine (20) at Anse la Barque, Guadaloupe.

1810 - HMS Rinaldo (10), James Anderson, engaged...

16 December

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...

15 December

1778 - Battle of St Lucia. A squadron of seven ships of the line under Admiral Barrington was engaged by a French squadron of twelve ships of the line under Admiral d'Estaing.
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14 December

The Battle of Lake Borgne was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the United States Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on...

13 December

The Action of 13 December 1814 was a naval action during the War of 1812. A flotilla of British longboats were on their way to fight the Battle of Lake Borgne. Before reaching the...

12 December

The Action of 12 December 1782 was a naval engagement fought off the coast of Spain near Ferrol, in which the British 40-gun fifth rate HMS Mediator successfully attacked a convoy of...

11 December

On 11 December 1799, as she returned to Île de France, Preneuse encountered the 74-gun HMS Tremendous, under Captain John Osborn.
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10 December

The Action of 10 December 1800 was a minor engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between a hired brig of the Royal Navy commanded by Lieutenant Charles Nevin and a Spanish gunboat under...

9 December

1798 - HMS Boadicia captured the French privateer Invincible Bonaparte 500 miles west of Ushant (if ever a name tempted fate the privateer's was it :) )

1809 - HMS Redpole captured...

8 December

1778 - Horatio Nelson was promoted to Master and Commander

1780 - Boats from the squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hughes (flying his flag in Superb) , along...