tim lewin
15-10-2009, 05:30
Extracted from the book "The Royal Navy Day by Day" which was concieved by my late father and Captain AB Sainsbury published by Ian Allen in association with the NMM.
my editioon must be around 1997/8
1711 Edgar (70) blew up at Spithead killing most of her people.
1795 Pomone captured the Fench Eveilleoff Ile d'Yeu.
1799 Boats of Echo cut out a Spnaish brigin the forenoon and a French one in the afternoon in Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico.
1799 Ethalion (38) captured the Spanish Thetis (34) off Cape Finisterre
1805 Fulton's experiment with Dorothea at Walmer
1909Admiralty part of Dover Harbour opened by the PoW.
1914 Hawke sunk by U9 60 miles East of Kinnairds Head, Aberdeen
1918 J6 accidentally sunk by Q ship Cymric off Blyth. Only 7 J class submarines were built and all operated from Blyth. J6 was their only loss.
1940 Triad sunk by gunfire and torpedo from the s/m Enrico Toti SSE of Collone, Italy with no survivors.
1941 Torbay bombarded Apollonia.
1942 Viscount depth-charged, fired at and rammed U661 sinking heron her first patrol of Cape Farewell, convoy SC.104
1944 Reoccupationof Athens by force under Rear Admiral Mansfield, operation Manna, Ajax, Aurora, Black Prince, Orion, Sirius, and LSI (M) Prince David, Prince Henry, LST Bruiser & Thruster.
1958 Eagle, Sheffield, Albion & Bulwark in emergency operations off Lebanon and Jordan.
1965 AoF Sir Henry Oliver died aged 101; he had apologised to Adm Sir David Luce, 1SL, who had called to congratulate him on his Centenery, for not recieving him in uniform!
tim
my editioon must be around 1997/8
1711 Edgar (70) blew up at Spithead killing most of her people.
1795 Pomone captured the Fench Eveilleoff Ile d'Yeu.
1799 Boats of Echo cut out a Spnaish brigin the forenoon and a French one in the afternoon in Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico.
1799 Ethalion (38) captured the Spanish Thetis (34) off Cape Finisterre
1805 Fulton's experiment with Dorothea at Walmer
1909Admiralty part of Dover Harbour opened by the PoW.
1914 Hawke sunk by U9 60 miles East of Kinnairds Head, Aberdeen
1918 J6 accidentally sunk by Q ship Cymric off Blyth. Only 7 J class submarines were built and all operated from Blyth. J6 was their only loss.
1940 Triad sunk by gunfire and torpedo from the s/m Enrico Toti SSE of Collone, Italy with no survivors.
1941 Torbay bombarded Apollonia.
1942 Viscount depth-charged, fired at and rammed U661 sinking heron her first patrol of Cape Farewell, convoy SC.104
1944 Reoccupationof Athens by force under Rear Admiral Mansfield, operation Manna, Ajax, Aurora, Black Prince, Orion, Sirius, and LSI (M) Prince David, Prince Henry, LST Bruiser & Thruster.
1958 Eagle, Sheffield, Albion & Bulwark in emergency operations off Lebanon and Jordan.
1965 AoF Sir Henry Oliver died aged 101; he had apologised to Adm Sir David Luce, 1SL, who had called to congratulate him on his Centenery, for not recieving him in uniform!
tim