7 Sept 1943 // HMAS Starfish, a patrol boat based at Sydney, ran aground south of Wollongong Lighthouse. There were no casualties, but she was written off as a total loss. #RoyalAustralianNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

7 Sept 1942 // HMCS Raccoon, an armed yacht, was torpedoed and sunk just after midnight by U.165 in the Gulf of St Lawrence while part of the escort for a convoy from Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia. She was astern of the convoy when attacked: two explosions were heard. [1/2]

7 Sept 1917 // HM Trawler By George, in naval service as a minesweeper in northern Greece, was sunk by a mine (two men lost) while sweeping off Stavros. She was sunk near the location where HMT Helgian, whose survivors she had rescued, had been sunk on the previous day. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

7 Sept 1870 // Experimental turret ironclad HMS Captain sank in heavy seas off Cape Finisterre. Her overweight and overmasted design with high centre of gravity and low freeboard caused her to capsize. 472 of 490 men and boys on board died. (Images: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

7 Sept 1653 (O.S.) // 10-gun 6th-rate English Navy ship Lily, anchored outside Weymouth harbour after capturing a Royalist privateer off Land's End, found the weather worsening, and was driven inshore by storm-force winds and high seas which caused her anchor to drag. [1/3]

6 Sept 1943 // Destroyer HMS Puckeridge was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.617 approximately 50 miles east of Gibraltar. She was sailing, unaccompanied, to Oran, carrying important messages. 62 of her 191 crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image: A 17388) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1941 // HM Trawler Strathborve, in naval service as a minesweeper, was sweeping in the Humber Estuary with other trawlers when three mines detonated in quick succession, the first two very near, the third directly under her stern. She sank with 15 men lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1941 // HM Trawler Brora ran aground on South Harris in the Outer Hebrides in the early hours of the morning. She capsized and was abandoned as a total loss. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1940 // Corvette HMS Godetia sank after colliding with merchant vessel SS Marsa off Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim. Launched in May 1940, she had been in commission for under two months. 33 of her crew lost their lives. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1917 // HM Trawler Helgian, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper in the Aegean, sank after striking a mine while working in the swept channel outside the harbour at Stavros, northern Greece. Just two men survived from her crew of 12. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1916 // HM Drifter Manzanita, a Lowestoft boat in naval service as a net barrier tender at Otranto, ran aground off Bari and was written off as a total loss. There were no casualties. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1800 // 32-gun frigate HMS Stag was at anchor in Vigo Bay, Spain, when she was struck by a violent gale. Her anchor cables parted and she was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew all survived. They removed everything that could be salvaged and burnt her remains on the following day. [1/2]

6 Sept 1781 // 8-gun ship sloop HMS Savage was driven onto rocks and wrecked at Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, when her anchors dragged in a gale. All the crew reached shore safely. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1776 // 18-gun ship sloop HMS Pomona disappeared during a tropical storm while cruising between Martinique and St Lucia, and was presumed to have foundered with all hands in the storm. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

6 Sept 1710 (O.S.) // 24-gun frigate HMS Valeur was captured by French privateersmen using a very successful ruse de guerre (or, if you prefer, dirty trick) while at anchor in Carbonnear Harbour Newfoundland. At about 2am three fishing boats entered the harbour and were hailed from the Valeur. [1/4]

5 Sept 1944 // HM Drifter Fairhaven, sailing to Britain from Iceland, was abandoned in a sinking condition off Vestmannaeyjar after developing several leaks. All the crew were taken off by another Royal Navy vessel, an armed whaler. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

5 Sept 1917 // HM Trawler Eros, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, was sunk by a mine while sweeping with other trawlers off Harwich. One member of her crew was killed. The mine had been laid that same day by German submarine UC.4. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

5 Sept 1914 // Cruiser HMS Pathfinder was sunk by German submarine U.21 in the Firth of Forth while returning from patrol. The torpedo caused a magazine explosion which destroyed the fore part of the ship, with the after portion remaining briefly afloat before sinking. [1/2]

5 Sept 1870 // Gunboat HMS Trinculo was run into by Spanish steamer Moratín off Europa Point, Gibraltar, and sank with two men lost. On sighting the other ship the Trinculo altered course to avoid collision but the Moratín reacted late, turned the wrong way, and had no time to correct. #RoyalNavy

5 Sept 1842 // 18-gun brig sloop HMS Victor disappeared with all hands in the Gulf of Mexico around this date while sailing from Tampico, Mexico, to Jamaica. She was presumed to have foundered in a tropical storm which affected the southern Gulf of Mexico on 5-6 September. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

5 Sept 1813 // 12-gun brig sloop HMS Boxer was captured by brig USS Enterprise off Bristol, Maine. The Boxer, under Cdr Samuel Blyth, was at anchor when the Enterprise approached. Blyth weighed anchor, raised three ensigns and had them nailed in place, and stood towards the oncoming brig. [1/3]

5 Sept 1782 // 14-gun brig HMS Prince Edward was at anchor in Spear Harbour, Labrador, with 29 American prisoners on board, seamen taken from recent prizes. The need to send prize crews away on the captured vessels had left her short-handed and there was known to be discontent in her crew. [1/3]

5 Sept 1718 (O.S.) // 20-gun 6th-rate HMS Greyhound was trapped by a squadron of five Spanish warships while anchored in a bay near Cape Spartel, Morocco. Unable to get clear, she surrendered after one of the Spanish ships fired a broadside, damaging her masts and rigging. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

5 Sept 1696 (O.S.) // Advice boat HMS St John's Prize was captured by a French privateer south of Ireland while homeward bound from delivering despatches to St Helena. She was herself a former French privateer, the St Jean, captured in 1695. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Sept 1940 // HM Tug Saucy, returning to Rosyth in the evening from towing a damaged Dutch merchant ship, struck a mine (almost certainly an air-dropped magnetic mine) just west of Inchkeith in the Firth of Forth. She sank with 27 men lost from her crew of 30. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

4 Sept 1919 // Destroyer HMS Verulam struck a (British) mine off Seiskari in the Gulf of Finland, and sank with the loss of 16 of her crew. In 1925 there was a plan to raise and repair her for Finnish Navy service, but she was too badly damaged. (Imperial War Museum Q 73949) #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

4 Sept 1916 // HM Trawler Jessie Nutten, an Aberdeen boat in naval service as a minesweeper, had just arrived early in the morning at an area due to be swept off Great Yarmouth when she struck a mine. She sank with the loss of 5 men from her crew of 11. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

4 Sept 1915 // HM Submarine E.7 was caught in anti-submarine nets in the Dardanelles while attempting to enter the Sea of Marmara submerged. The submarine's attempts to free herself brought her under fire from Turkish shore batteries, and attracted the attention of German submarine UB.14. [1/2]

4 Sept 1806 // 16-gun ship sloop HMS Wolf was sent to investigate reports of a dismasted French ship north of Hispaniola. She did not find the ship, and ran aground off Great Inagua at about 9pm. Efforts to refloat her went on into the early hours but were unsuccessful and she began to flood. [1/2]

4 Sept 1801 // 32-gun frigate HMS Proselyte (formerly Dutch frigate Jason, surrendered to the British by her crew after a mutiny in 1796) struck a reef off Philipsburg, Sint Maarten. All attempts to refloat her failed and she flooded, capsized, and was wrecked. All her crew were rescued. [1/3]