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23 May
On 23 May 1813, the Virginia privateer schooner Roger and the schooner HMS Highflyer encountered each other and an indecisive, though prolonged, fight.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-23-May
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27 May
On the 27th of May 1793, an engagement took place between the HMS Venus and the Sémillante, 375 nuatical miles off the west coast of Spain.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...the-Sémillante.
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29 May
The Glorious First of June Part 2.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...of-June-Part-2
Frigate Alliance captures HMS Atalanta and Trepassy off Nova Scotia.
HMS Carysfort cruising the Eastern Atlantic for signs of a French convoy when on 29 May 1794 when lookouts sighted two sails which were soon revealed to be the 32-gun French frigate Castor towing a Dutch merchant ship.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?454-May-29th
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28 May
The Glorious First of June Part 1 - On the 28th of May 1794, British and French forces engaged in what was a multi-day fight culminating in the battle known as The Glorious First of June.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...of-June-Part-1
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30 May
The Glorious First of June Pt 3
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...ig-Sandy-Creek
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 30 May 1814, ended the war between France and the Sixth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars, following an armistice signed on 23 May between Charles, Count of Artois, and the allies.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-30-May
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1 June
The Glorious First of June Pt 5 - On the 1st of June 1794, the fleets of Admirals Howe and Villaret de Joyeuse engaged in the battle known as the Glorious First of June, Third Battle of Ushant, Bataille du 13 prairial an 2, or Combat de Prairial.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...highlight=june
The Glorious First of June (also known as the Third Battle of Ushant, and in France as the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 or Combat de Prairial) of 1794 was the first and largest fleet action of the naval conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the First French Republic during the French Revolutionary Wars.
On June 1, 1812, President James Madison sent a message to the Congress recounting American grievances against Great Britain, though not specifically calling for a declaration of war.
The Capture of USS Chesapeake, or the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake, as part of the War of 1812.
At 1030 on 1 June 1780, USS Trumbull's masthead lookout sighted a sail to windward what soon proved to be the British 32-gun letter-of-marque Watt.
And of great importance on 1 June 1495 Friar John Cor records making the first known batch of scotch whisky.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-1-June
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3 June
Order received to sell last ship remaining in Continental Navy, frigate Alliance.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?458-June-3rd
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4 June
On 4 June 1800 HMS Phoenix and HMS Port Mahon captured the French brig Albanaise.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-4-June
On the 4th of June 1805, a shore party of 50 men of the HMS Loire, prepared to land at Muros, Spain, as the Loire prepared to engage a French privateer that was fitting out in the bay.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Party-in-Spain
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7 June
The 1692 Jamaica earthquake struck Port Royal, Jamaica on June 7 and caused most of the city to sink below sea level and about 2,000 people died as a result of the earthquake and the following tsunami. About 3000 people died in the days following the earthquakes due to injuries and disease.
The naval Battle of Solebay took place on 7 June 1672 and was the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War.
The First Battle of Schooneveld, a naval battle of the Franco-Dutch War, fought off the coast of the Netherlands on 7 June 1673 between an allied Anglo-French fleet and the fleet of the United Provinces.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-7-June
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2 June
The naval Battle of Palermo took place on 2 June 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War, between a French force led by Abraham Duquesne and a Spanish force supported by a Dutch maritime expedition force.
On 2 June 1805 the British surrendered the fortification at Diamond Rock to the French.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-2-June
2 Jun 1814 : USS Wasp captured British bark Neptune.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1239-June-2nd
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5 June
On the 5th of June 1807, the HMS Pomone (38), under the command of Captain Robert Barrie, engaged a convoy off the coast of France.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Out-Expedition
First officers of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution are appointed.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?460-June-5th
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8 June
On 8 June,1796 the French frigate Tribune, and her remaining two companions, the frigate Tamise and the corvette Legere, were sailing off the south coast of Ireland. At daybreak the British frigates Unicorn and Santa Margarita spotted the three French vessels and proceeded to chase them.
The Action of 8 June 1755 was a naval battle between France and Great Britain early in the French and Indian War. The British captured the third-rate French ships Alcide and Lys off Cape Race, Newfoundland in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
On 8 June 1761 Belle Île was captured.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-8-June
Sloop-of-war Vincennes becomes first U.S. warship to circle the globe.
Commodore Matthew Perry arrives at Uraga, Japan, to begin negotiations for a treaty with Japan.
Congress authorizes the Office of Judge Advocate General.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1263-June-8th
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10 June
On 10 June 1805, wearied of the blockade and raids of the First Barbary War, and now under threat of a continued advance on Tripoli proper and a scheme to restore his deposed older brother Hamet Karamanli as ruler, Yussif Karamanli signed a treaty ending hostilities with the United States.
On 10 June 1854, the first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-10-June
On the 10th of June 1772, the HMS Gaspée, under the command of Lieutenant William Dudingston, was boarded and burned by members of the Sons of Liberty.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...-Gaspée-Affair
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11 June
The Battle of Machias (also known as the Battle of the Margaretta) was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-11-June
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12 June
The naval Battle of the Gabbard, also known as the Battle of Gabbard Bank, the Battle of the North Foreland or the second Battle of Nieuwpoort took place on 12–13 June 1653 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the Gabbard shoal off the coast of Suffolk, England between fleets of the Commonwealth of England and the United Provinces.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-12-June
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13 June
On 13 June 1796, about 12 leagues south of Cape Clear, Ireland, the 36-gun frigate HMS Dryad captured the 38-gun French frigate Proserpine following a relatively brief chase but a bitter action.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-13-June
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9 June
On the 9th of June 1667, the Raid on the Medway began, a multi-day battle between the Dutch and English navies.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...-on-the-Medway
On 9 June 1794 the 14-gun brig HMS Speedy, Commander George Eyre, ran into a French fleet.
The Gaspée Affair was a significant event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-9-June
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14 June
On 14 June 1673 De Ruyter, reinforced by four ships (among which the heavy Oliphant and Voorzichtigheid) and fresh crews and fully resupplied, took advantage of a favourable northwest wind to attack the allied line.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...of-Schooneveld
On June 14, 1777, the Marine Committee of the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: "Resolved, that the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year.
On June 14 1789 HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after the journey in an open boat.
And of great importance, on 14 June 1789 Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Reverend Elijah Craig.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-14-June
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15 June
The Rhode Island General Assembly appointed Abraham Whipple commodore of two ships fitted out for the defense of the colony's trade.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-day-15-June
The USRC Ingham, under Captain Ezekiel Jones, was dispatched to the Texas coast to monitor Mexican seizures of Texan-owned and American-owned and flagged vessels and on 15 June 1835, near Brazos Santiago, the Mexican schooner Montezuma fired on Ingham and the fire was returned.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-15-June
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16 June
Cornwallis's Retreat was a naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars in which a British Royal Navy battle squadron of five ships of the line and two frigates was attacked by a French Navy battlefleet of 12 ships of the line and 11 frigates in the waters off the west coast of Brittany on 16–17 June 1795.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...llis-s-Retreat
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-16-June
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18 June
On 18 June 1812 the U.S. Congress declared war on the United Kingdom, formally starting the conflict.
On 18 June 1815 The Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher forcing him to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-18-June
1812 - U.S. declares war on Great Britain for impressment of Sailors and interference with commerce.
1814 : USS Wasp captured British Brig Pallas .
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1306-June-18
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17 June
On 17 June 1794, as the 38-gun French frigate Sibylle was anchored in Miconi along with three merchantmen bound for Cadie, she was met with a British convoy escorted by the 50-gun HMS Romney, under Capt. Paget, and three frigates.
On 17 June 1799 the squadron, consisting of the 40-gun Junon, 36-gun Alceste, 32-gun Courageuse, 18-gun Salamine and 14-gun Alerte under Contre-Admiral Jean-Baptiste Perrée, while enroute from Jaffa for Toulon, was south of Toulon when it ran into a British squadron under the command of Captain John Markham of HMS Centaur.
On 17 June 1815, off the Algerian coast, the 38-gun frigate USS Constellation drove the 44-gun frigate Meshuda, the flagship of the Algerian Fleet, under the guns of Commodore Stephen Decatur's flagship, the 44-gun frigate USS Guerriere.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-17-June
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...-off-Cape-Gata
USS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Va., the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States.
USS Mohican burns Mexican pirate ship Forward.
Navy Hospital Corps established.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...-off-Cape-Gata
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19 June
On 19 June 1793, as the 32-gun French frigate Cléopâtre sailed off Guernsey under Lieutenant de vaisseau Mullon, she encountered HMS Nymphe, under Captain Edward Pellew.
On 19 June 1808, off the Naze of Norway in the vicinity of the port of Kristiansand, the brig-sloop HMS Seagull, Commander Robert B. Cathcart, chased the Dano-Norwegian brig Lougen.
On the 19th of June 1815, a U.S. squadron, under the command of Stephen Decatur, defeated an Algerian brig off the coast of Spain.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-19-June
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...off-Cape-Palos
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20 June
On the 20th of June 1783, British and French ships fought the Battle of Cuddalore off the coast of India in the Bay of Bengal.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...e-of-Cuddalore
The Sack of Baltimore took place on June 20, 1631, when the village of Baltimore, West Cork, Ireland, was attacked by North African pirates from the North African Barbary Coast.
While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson, in the 60-gun Centurion, led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain's Pacific possessions.
1813 - Fifteen U.S. gunboats engage three British ships in Hampton Roads, Va.
1815 - Trials of Fulton I, built by Robert Fulton, are completed in New York. This ship would become the Navy's first steam-driven warship.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-20-June
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21 June
On June 21 1655, ships from the Venetian and Ottoman navies battled in the vicinity of the mouth of the Dardanelles Strait.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...he-Dardanelles
On 21 June 1749 Halifax, Nova Scotia, is founded. Halifax Harbour had served as a Royal Navy seasonal base.
On 21 June 1798, the packet Princess Royal engaged the privateer Avanture, of Bordeaux.
On 21 June 1804 HMS Hippomenes engaged a Guadeloupe privateer, the Buonaparte.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-21-June
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23 June
The Battle of Groix was a large naval engagement which took place off the island of Groix on the Biscay coast of Brittany on 23 June 1795 during the French Revolutionary Wars.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-23-June
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24 June
While off Minorca on 24 June 1795 HMS Lowestoffe, a 32-gun frigate under Captain Robert Middleton, and HMS Dido, a 28-gun Frigate under Captain George Henry Towry, encountered two French frigates, the 42-gun Minerve and the 36-gun Artémise.
On 24 June 1808 the 36-gun HMS Salsette, under Captain Walter Bathurst, captured a Russian cutter.
On 24 June 1800 near Gibraltar, the 74-gun HMS Swiftsure, under Captain Benjamin Hallowell, was sighted by a French fleet under Admiral Ganteaume. Swiftsure was overtaken by the faster French fleet, consisting of four ships of the line and a frigate.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-24-June
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...-HMS-Swiftsure
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26 June
On the 26th of June 1656, the Third Battle of the Dardanelles between the Venetians and the Ottomans started.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...he-Dardanelles
On the morning of 26 June 1799, the 24-gun HMS Champion engaged the 16-gun privateer Anacréon, out of Dunkirk.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-26-June
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27 June
1813 - USS President anchors in Bergen, Norway.
Boats of HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Frederick Maitland, captured Venteux (10) at anchor under a shore battery in the Isle de Bas Roads.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1335-June-27th
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28 June
The ship-rigged sloop of war USS Wasp engaged the Cruizer class brig-sloop HMS Reindeer in one of the hardest-fought naval actions in the War of 1812.
The Battle of Sullivan's Island or the Battle of Fort Sullivan was fought on June 28, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-28-June
1794 - Joshua Humphreys appointed master builder to build Navy ships at an annual salary of $2,000.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.php?1339-JUNE-28TH
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30 June
On the 30th of June 1815, the USS Peacock, a sloop-of-war, captured the HMS Nautilus, a 16-gun brig, in the final naval action of the War of 1812.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...he-War-of-1812
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-30-June
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22 June
On the 22 of June 1807, the HMS Leopard pursued, attacked, and boarded the USS Chesapeake in search of deserters from the British navy.
On 22 June 1814 the 14-gun brig USS Rattlesnake, under the command of Lt. James Renshaw, was captured by the 50-gun British frigate HMS Leander.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-22-June
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...Leopard-Affair
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29 June
On the 29th of June 1694, French and Dutch ships fought in the Battle of Texel, a naval engagement of the Nine Years’ War.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...attle-of-Texel
The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-Day-29-June
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1 July
On the 1st of July 1644, Danish and Swedish fleets fought the Battle of Colberger Heide off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
On 1 July 1801, Commodore Richard Dale’s squadron arrived at Gibraltar for the protection of American interests and to strike at the Barbary Pirates in the Mediterranean.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...olberger-Heide
During the early morning of 1 July 1782, five American privateers, who had left Boston under the command of Captain Noah Stoddard, began to raid Lunenburg.
1797 - Naval Regulations passed by Congress.
1800 - First convoy duty; USS Essex escorts convoy of merchant ships from East Indies to U.S.
1801 - U.S. squadron under Commodore Dale enters Mediterranean to strike Barbary Pirates.
1850 - Naval School at Annapolis renamed Naval Academy.
1851 - Naval Academy adopts four year course of study.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...his-Day-1-July
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6 July
On the 6th of July 1779, British and French fleets fought the Battle of Grenada, an engagement taking place in the West Indies as part of the American War of Independence.
On 6 July 1747, John Paul Jones was born at Arbigland, Scotland.
http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...tle-of-Grenada
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8 July
On the 8th of July 1716, Venetian and Turkish fleets battled off the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea.
On 8 July 1777, British Frigate HMS Rainbow and the Brig HMS Flora chased the Continental Frigates Boston and Hancock and her prize, British Frigate HMS Fox, off Halifax, Nova Scotia.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...sland-of-Corfu
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15 July
On the 16th of July 1798, the United States Congress created the rank of Rear Admiral to honor the leadership and service of David Glasgow Farragut.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...l-for-Farragut
Napoleon surrendered aboard the 74-gun HMS Bellerophon under the command of Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-15-June
On the 15th of July 1798, the HMS Lion (64) engaged four Spanish frigates.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-four-frigates
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17 July
On the 17th of July 1788, Swedish and Russian fleets fought the Battle of Hogland in the Gulf of Finland.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...tle-of-Hogland
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18 July
1775 - Continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels.
1779 - Commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.
1792 - John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France.
1813 - U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...?506-July-18th
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19 July
On the 19th of July 1805, the French frigate Topaze (40), and corvettes Départment des Landes (22), Torche (18), and Faune (16) captured the HMS Blanche off the coast of Puerto Rico.
On the 19th of July 1806, the newly named HMS Blanche, formally the Spanish ship Amfitrite, captured the Guerrière.
On 19 July 1545 the English warship Mary Rose sank during the Battle of the Solent.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...f-two-Blanches
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-19-July
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20 July
On the 20th of July 1866, Austrian and Italian fleets fought the Battle of Lissa in the Adriatic Sea.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...attle-of-Lissa
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16 July
On 16 July 1790 The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-16-July
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Lissa was a very interesting battle from a technical point of view. I think we last refought this one about 10 years back - Hallmark 1/2400 models and Iron and Fire rules.
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22 July
On the 22nd of July 1805, the Battle of Cape Finisterre was fought between British and Franco-Spanish fleets off the coast of Galicia in northwest Spain.
On 22 July 1802, during the First Barbary War, the Frigate Constellation, commanded by Captain Alexander Murray, defeated nine Corsair Gunboats off Tripoli.
The Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was an amphibious assault by the Royal Navy on the Spanish port city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
1905 - Body of John Paul Jones moved to Annapolis, MD for reburial.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ape-Finisterre
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...is-Day-22-July
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23 July
On the 23rd of July 1810, British and Dano-Norwegian ships fought the Battle of Silda off the shore of, the modern-named county, Sogn og Fjordane.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...attle-of-Silda
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24 July
On the 24th of July 1797, Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson lost his right arm in the midst of the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...uz-de-Tenerife
1813- Sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to blow up British warship Plantagenet with a torpedo near Cape Henry, Virginia.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...?513-July-24th
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