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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
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15 August
On 15 August 1807 HMS Comus encountered the Danish frigate Frederiksværn (Fredrickscoarn in British usage).
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Frederiksværn
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16 August
The French Curieux-class brig Espiègle 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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21 August
On this day 21 August - the HMS Penguin and her prizes
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...and-her-prizes
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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 Guèpe.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3 September
On 3 September 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the American Revolution.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...07-3-September
1782 - As a token of gratitude for French aid during the American Revolution, the United States gives America (first ship-of-the-line built by U.S.) to France to replace a French ship lost in Boston.
1783 - Signing of the Treaty of Paris ends the American Revolution.
Series of battles around St George's Caye began on this day in 1798
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...0-03-September
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4 September
The naval Battle of Les Formigues (Catalan) took place probably in the early morning of 4 September 1285 near Les Formigues Islands, about 85 km northeast of Barcelona, when a Catalan-Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a French and Genoese galley fleet commanded by Guilhem de Lodeva, Henry di Mari, and John de Orrea.
On 4 September 1804, the ketch Intrepid, outfitted with a large explosive charge to destroy the enemy fleet in Tripoli harbor, was apparently intercepted while entering the harbor and destroyed in a violent explosion.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Les-Formigues
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-September-4th
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5 September
On 5 September 1813, the USS Enterprise of 16 guns with 102 men sighted HMS Boxer of 14 guns with 66 men off Pemaquid Point, Maine, and closed on the enemy brig.
The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American War of Independence that took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781, between a British fleet led by Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves and a French fleet led by Rear Admiral François Joseph Paul, comte de Grasse.
The Battle of Hudson's Bay, also known as the Battle of York Factory, was a naval battle fought during the War of the Grand Alliance (known in England's North American colonies as "King William's War").
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-5-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ee-engagements
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6 September
On the night of September 6, 1776, Ezra Lee piloted the submarine Turtle up to the Eagle, which was moored off what is today called Governors Island, due south of Manhattan.
The Capture of HMS Savage refers to a naval battle of the Revolutionary War involving the American privateer Congress and the British sloop-of-war HMS Savage. It occurred on 6 September 1781 off South Carolina and is considered one of the hardest fought single ship actions of the war.
Commander Charles Napier led the 18-gun brig HMS Recruit into action against the 20-gun French corvette Diligente, under Jean-François Lemaresquier, on 6 September 1808.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-6-September
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7 September
The Ganj-i-Sawai or Gang-i-Sawai (meaning "Exceeding Treasure", and often Anglicized as Gunsway) was a heavily armed trading ship belonging to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb which, along with its escort the Fateh Muhammed, was captured on 7 September 1695 by the English pirate Henry Every en route from present day Mocha, Yemen to Surat, India.
The Capture of Veloz Passagera was a single ship action that occurred during the United Kingdom's blockade of Africa in the early and mid 19th century.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-7-September
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8 September
On 8 September 1812 the schooner HMS Laura, under the command of Lieutenant Charles Newton Hunter, encountered the French privateer brig Diligent (or Diligente or Diligence) off the Delaware River.
On 8 September 1923, in a disaster at Honda Point, California, seven destroyers were run aground through bad weather, strong currents, and faulty navigation.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ay-8-September
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9 September
On this day in 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the "United States" of America.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-United-States
1825 - USS Brandywine sails for France to carry the Marquis de Lafayette home after his yearlong visit to America.
1841 - First iron ship authorized by Congress.
Born this day in 1776, Philip Broke, later to become captain of HMS Shannon
On 9 September 1813 10-gun cutter HMS Alphea encountered, south-west of Start Point, the French 14-gun privateer cutter Renard.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...95-9-September
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10 September
The Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812.
The Battle of Lake Pontchartrain was a single-ship action on September 10, 1779, part of the American Revolutionary War.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-10-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...e-of-Lake-Erie
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11 September
We will never forget.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-11-September
The Battle of Plattsburgh, a combined land/naval action, was fought on Lake Champlain near, as well as in the actual town of, Plattsburgh, New York. The result of this battle was a crushing American victory, which not only brought a British invasion to a screaming halt, but also prevented Britain gaining any advantage from two years of war, including the burning of the American national capitol.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...t-Notable-Feat
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-11-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...7-11-September
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12 September
On 12 September 1804, in the First Barbary War, the frigates Constellation and President captured two ships while attempting to enter Tripoli harbor during the blockade, while the brig Argus and Constellation later captured a third vessel attempting to enter.
On 12 September 1855, Marines and Sailors from the U.S. Navy Sloop USS John Adams landed at Nukulau, Fiji Islands to seek owed debt to Americans from the King of Fiji, Cakobau.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...September-12th
On 12 September 1810, the 10-gun schooner HMS Alban, under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Thomas, was off Læsø island when she saw six Danish gunboats coming towards her from the direction of the Skaw.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-12-September
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13 September
The Action of 13 September 1810 was an inconclusive frigate engagement during the Napoleonic Wars between British Royal Navy and French Navy frigates during which a British frigate was defeated by two French vessels near Isle de France (now Mauritius), but British reinforcements were able to recapture the ship before the French could secure her.
On the morning of 13 September 1814, during the War of 1812, the British attacked Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor with a bombing that lasted 25 hours. “By the Dawn’s Early Light“ the next morning, the sight of Fort McHenry’s flag and the British withdrawing from Baltimore, inspired Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled Banner.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-flying-around
On 9 September Vice-Admiral Mitchell detached Arrow (20) and Wolverine (14) to attack a ship and a brig belonging to the Batavian Republic and anchored under the Vlie at the entrance to the Texel.
On September 13th Lark chased a Spanish privateer schooner along the coast of Cuba until evening, when the schooner took refuge within the Portillo Reefs.
On This Day 1782 - Spanish and French Assault on Gibraltar (under siege since June 1779)
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-13-September
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14 September
The Action of 14 September 1779 was a minor naval engagement between a British Royal Naval frigate HMS Pearl and a Spanish frigate Santa Mónica off the Azores during the American War of Independence.
On 14 September the ships of the line HMS Belleisle under Captain William Hargood, HMS Bellona under Captain John Erskine Douglas and the frigate HMS Melampus under Captain Stephen Poyntz were cruising off Cape Henry in search of Strachan's flagship HMS Caesar when they spotted a ship sailing under jury masts to the southwest. Closing to investigate, they discovered that the stranger was the French ship Impétueux, left in a dismasted and leaking state by the hurricane and desperately attempting to reach a harbour in the United States.
On 14 September 1814, during the War of 1812, the Sloop-of-War Wasp, commanded by Johnston Blakely, captured and burned the British Merchant Brig Bacchus in the Atlantic.
On 14 September HMS IMMORTALITE (Capt. OWEN), in company with the PERSEUS and EXPLOSION bombs, attacked the batteries protecting the town of Dieppe and the 17 vessels building there.
1805 - Vice Admiral Nelson sails from Portsmouth for the last time in HMS Victory.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...of-engagements
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-14-September
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15 September
The Battle of Vizagapatam was a minor naval engagement fought in the approaches to Vizagapatam harbour in the Coastal Andhra region of British India on the Bay of Bengal on 15 September 1804 during the Napoleonic Wars.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...m-their-shores
On 15 September 1816, to escape a gale, Lieutenant John Jackson took the 12-gun schooner HMS Whiting into harbour at Padstow on the north coast of Cornwall. The wind dropped as they came around Stepper Point, and the ship ran aground on the Doom Bar as the tide was ebbing, stranding her.
1806 HMS Anson (64), under the command of Captain Lydiard, encountered the French Foudroyant, 84, under jury rig some 15 miles off Havana.
1808 HMS Laurel (22) captured by the French frigate Canonniere (44), off Port Louis in Mauritius.
Oh, and on a more personal note, this day in 1994 HMS Brazen was refloated after grounding in the Patagonian canal several days previously.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-15-September
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16 September
On 16 September 1814, Commodore Daniel T. Patterson led a squadron from the schooner Carolina in a joint Army and Navy attack to raid the base of the pirate Jean Laffite at Barataria, Louisiana, capturing six schooners and other small craft while the pirates fled.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...8-16-September
On 16 September 1812 the American privateer schooner Rossie, Captain Joshua Barney, captured the Post Office Packet Service packet ship Princess Amelia.
Moving on a bit its also the anniversary of the Japanese surrender of Hong Kong.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-16-September
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17 September
On 17 September 1807, HMS Barbara, encountered the French privateer Général-Ernouf.
On 17 September 1787, the Continental Convention signed The Constitution of the United States at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, replacing the Articles of the Confederation.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-French-Pératy
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...4-17-September
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18 September
On 18 September 1860, the Sloop of War USS Levant sailed from Hawaii for Panama. She was never seen again.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...September-18th
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19 September
On 19 September 1777, during the American Revolution, the British Cutter HMS Alert captured the Continental Brig Lexington.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...September-19th
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20 September
On the 20th of September 1811, the HMS Naiad, under the command of Captain Philip Carteret, was engaged by a flotilla of French gunboats off the coast of Boulogne.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-the-HMS-Naiad
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21 September
On this day 21 September - HMS Naiad and the French Flotilla - day 2
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...Flotilla-day-2
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22 September
On the morning of September 22, 1857, the Russian Ship of the Line Lefort was within the Gulf of Finland en route from Reval (present day Tallinn, Estonia) to Kronstadt along with the ships Imperatritsa Aleksandra, Vladimir, and Pamiat Asova when she was caught in a sudden squall and the Lefort heeled over once, righted herself, then heeled over again and sank between the islands of Gogland and Bolshoy Tyuters, five and a half nautical miles north-northeast of Bolshoy Tyuters, with the loss of all 826 people on board.
1776 - John Paul Jones sails into Canso Bay, Nova Scotia, and attacks British fishing fleet.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-22-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...September-22nd
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23 September
The Battle of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779, in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between an American Continental Navy squadron led by John Paul Jones and the two British escort vessels protecting a large merchant convoy.
USS President captured HMS Highflyer on 23 September 1813 off Nantucket Sound.
The Merchant Royal also known as Royal Merchant, was a 17th century English merchant ship lost at sea off Land's End, Cornwall in rough weather on 23 September 1641.
The Battle of San Juan de Ulúa was a battle between English privateers and Spanish forces at San Juan de Ulúa (in modern Veracruz) on 23 September 1568.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-23-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...amborough-Head
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25 September
The Action of 25 September 1806 was a naval battle fought during the Napoleonic Wars off the French Biscay port of Rochefort.
On 25 September 1801 a privateer hoisting the Spanish flag unsuccessfully engaged the schooner HMS Pickle in a single-ship action.
On 25 September 1805, the 56-gun HMS Calcutta, under the command of Captain Daniel Woodriff, was escorting a convoy in the Channel south of the Isles of Scilly when lookouts spotted a number of unknown vessels in the distance.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-25-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...uadrons-engage
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26 September
Captain Daniel Woodriff CB (17 November 1756 – 25 February 1842) was a British Royal Navy officer and navigator in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He made two voyages to Australia.
On 26 September 1860, the U.S. Navy Sloop-of-War Constellation, commanded by J.S. Nicholas, captured the American slaver Cora with 705 slaves on board off the Congo River.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ficed-his-ship
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27 September
The Président, at 03:30 on 27 September 1806, while sailing in the Bay of Biscay, Captain Labrosse sighted six ships of the line. This overwhelming force was a squadron under Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Louis, which had been sent to the Bay of Biscay to await the return of Willaumez from the Caribbean.
On 27 September 1860, a landing party of Marines with field Artillery were put ashore at Panama from the Sloop-of-War USS St. Mary’s during an insurrection.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...gate-Président
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28 September
On 28 September 1822, under Commodore David Porter’s West India Squadron, the Sloop-of-War USS Peacock helped raid a pirate camp at Funda Bay.
Congress outlaws flogging on Navy ships.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...9-28-September
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...2-28-September
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29 September
On this day 29 September - Lord Nelson is born
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...Nelson-is-born
On 29 September 1808 the brig HMS Maria, under the command of Lieutenant James Bennett, was sailing off Guadeloupe when she encountered the French corvette Department des Landes.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...y-29-September
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30 September
1800 - United States concludes Treaty of Peace with France, ending Quasi War with France.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...September-30th
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1 October
The Battle of Havana was an engagement between the British Caribbean squadron and a Spanish squadron based near Havana.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...ttle-of-Havana
The capture of the Jeune Richard was the result of a naval engagement that took place in the Caribbean on 1 October 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars, between the British packet ship Windsor Castle, and the French privateer Jeune Richard.
1800 - U.S. schooner Experiment captures French schooner Diana.
http://www.sailsofglory.org/showthre...-Day-1-October
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