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19th August 1812: USS Constitution earns the nickname ‘Old Ironsides’ after defeating HMS Guerriere

  • 19th August 2023
  • Tagged as: America, Napoleonic Wars, Navy, Royal Navy, United States, War of 1812

USS Constitution earned the nickname ‘Old Ironsides’ after defeating HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.

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26th May 1940: Start of the Dunkirk evacuation

  • 26th May 2023
  • Tagged as: Army, Britain, Churchill, Evacuation, France, Germany, Navy, Nazi, Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Second World War

Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.

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28th April 1789: The crew of HMS Bounty mutiny against Captain William Bligh

  • 28th April 2023
  • Tagged as: HMS Bounty, Mutiny, Navy, Pitcairn, Royal Navy, Ship, Tahiti

23-year old Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian led a mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty.

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28th March 1942: Operation Chariot and the St. Nazaire raid by British forces in WW2

  • 28th March 2023
  • Tagged as: Atlantic, Britain, Commandos, France, Germany, Nazi, Operation Chariot, Royal Navy, Second World War, Ship, St Nazaire, Tirpitz

The raid by the Royal Navy and British Commandos was overseen by Combined Operations Headquarters.

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16th December 1914: German Imperial Navy attacks the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

  • 16th December 2022
  • Tagged as: Attack, Bombardment, Britain, England, First World War, Germany, Navy, Royal Navy, Scarborough, Whitby, Yorkshire

Over a thousand shells were fired by the German ships, resulting in 137 deaths and a further 592 people being injured in the British towns. Most of the casualties were civilians.

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31th July 1970: Black Tot Day sees the British Royal Navy issue the last daily rum ration to sailors

  • 31st July 2022
  • Tagged as: Alcohol, Black Tot Day, Britain, Navy, Royal Navy, Rum

In December 1969 the Admiralty Board, which meets in order to administer the Royal Navy, published a written statement that said issuing rum was ‘no longer compatible with the high standards of efficiency required’ and the daily ration was stopped the following year.

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