This day in military history..

July 8
1283 naval Battle of Malta
1716 naval Battle of Dynekilen
1758 1st Battle of Ft. Carillon
1760 naval Battle of Restigouche begins
1940 French Sloop Suippe bombed/beached at Falmouth. Destroyer HMS Escort torpedoed by Italian sub Marconi, sinks on the 11th under tow. Trawler HMS Cayton Wyke sunk by E-Boat S-36 south east of Dover
1941 KM Minesweeper M-1104 sunk in a collision
1942 Battle of Someri: Soviet Sub Chaser MO-306 and MTBs TK-22, 31, 71, 83, 121, and 123 sunk by Finnish ships and coast artillery.
1943 KM Sperrbrecher 165 sunk by mine off Gothenburg, Sweden. U-232 sunk by US Army B-24 in Bay of Biscay. U-514 sunk by RAF B-24 north west of Cape Finisterre. E-Boat S-102 sunk by mine. R.N. LCT 547 foundered off Malta
1944 KM Minesweeper M-264 sunk off Heligoland. U-243 sunk by RAAF Sunderland in Bay of Biscay
1945 Trawler HMS La Nantaise sunk in a collision in The Downs. Dutch Sub O-19 runs aground on Ladd Reef in the South China Sea, scuttled by USS Cod on the 10th
 
July 9
660 Battle of Hwangsonbeol
1386 Battle of Sempach
1701 Battle of Carpi
1745 Battle of Melle
1755 Battle of the Monongahela
1846 USS Portsmouth captures San Francisco, Ca.
1863 Siege of Port Hudson ends
1864 Battle of Monocacy
1917 Battleship HMS Vanguard blows up at Scapa Flow
1940 naval Battle of Calabria
1941 KM Minelayers Hansestadt Danzig, Prussen, and Tannenberg sunk by mines off Sweden. Soviet Minesweeper Nalim lost.
1942 Trawler HMS Manor sunk by E-Boat S-67 in the English Channel. Italian sub Perla damaged, captured off Beirut.
1943 Allies invade Sicily. U-345 sunk by RAF Wellington west of Portugal. U-590 sunk by USN PBY off the mouth of the Amazon
1944 Battle of Saipan ends. British/Canadians capture Caen. Battle of Tuli-lhantala ends. Minesweeper USS Swerve sunk by mine off Anzio. KM Torpedo Boat TA 27 sunk by mine in the Med.
1945 US Minesweeper YMS-84 sunk by mine off Balikpapen
 
July 10
48 B.C. Battle of Dyrrhachium
1460 Battle of Northampton
1645 Battle of Langport
1882 Battle of La Concepcion begins
1940 Battle of Britain begins. Italian Destroyer Leone Pancaldo sunk by Swordfish at Augusta, raised, repaired, returned to service. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Corfu damaged in a collision, beached at Freetown Aug 19 to expedite repairs, repaired, Refloated, returned to service.
1941 KM Minesweepers M-23 and M-205 sunk by mines in Erben Strait.
1942 KM Minesweepers M-4401 and 4457 sunk in the Bay of Biscay.
1943 RN LCTs 154 and 311 sink off Bizerte. KM Minesweeper M-106 sunk at Augusta, and M-153 sunk in Bay of Biscay. Battle of Gela begins: Destroyer USS Maddox and USN LST 313 bombed/sunk off Gela. Minesweeper USS Sentinal bombed/sunk off Licata
1944 R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 55 sunk by mine off Normandy
1945 Trawler HMS Kurd sunk by mine off The Lizard. USN Sub Chaser SC-521 founders off the Santa Cruz Islands. IJN Minesweeper W-27 sunk by Sub USS Runner off Honshu.
 
July 11
1302 Battle of Courtrai
1708 Battle of Oudenarde
1798 USMC Est.
1861 Battle of Rich Mountain. Battle of Laurel Mountain
1864 Battle of Ft. Stevens begins
1882 Royal Navy bombards Alexandria
1915 Cruiser Konigsberg sunk in Tanganika, German East Africa
1921 Red Army captures Mongolia. Irish War of Independence ends.
1940 Armed Yacht HMS Warrior II bombed/sunk off Portland
1941 Destroyer HMS Defender bombed/scuttled off Sidi Barani
1942 U-136 sunk by Free French Destroyer Leopard, Frigate HMS Spey and Sloop HMS Pelican west of Madiera. Italian Sub Ondina sunk by Naval Whalers HMSAS Protea and HMSAS Southern Maid and a R.N. Walrus west of Beirut
1943 USN LST 158 bombed/beached/abandoned of Licata. Italian sub Flutto sunk by 3 R.N. MTBs in the Straits of Messina. KM Minesweeper M-153 sunk by Destroyers HMS Melbreak, Wensleydale and Norwegian Glaisdale in the Bay of Biscay.
1944 U-1222 sunk by RAF Sunderland west of La Rochelle.
1945 Destroyer Sakura sunk by mine in Osaka Harbor.
1995 Srebrenica Massacre begins
2011 Evangelos Florakis Naval Base Munitions Disaster
 
July 12
1191 Siege of Acre ends, began Aug 28, 1189
1470 Siege of Negropont ends
1691 Battle of Aughrim
1801 2nd naval Battle of Algeciras
1812 US invades Canada
1862 Medal of Honor authorized
1864 Battle of Ft. Stevens ends
1913 Siege of Vidin begins
1918 Battleship Kawachi blows up in Tokuyama Bay
1940 E Boat S-23 sunk by mine.
1941 Soviet Patrol Ships Passat and RT-67 sunk by KM Destroyers off Cape Teribirski
1942 New Zealand Motor Launch ML 1090 lost as deck cargo when SS Port Hunter is sunk by U-582 south west of Madiera. Dutch Minesweeper Terschilling bombed/sunk off Bixham, raised, repaired, and put in R.N. service.
1943 U-506 sunk by US Army B-24 west of Spain. U-607 sunk by an RAF Sunderland. U-409 sunk by Destroyer HMS Inconstant north east of Algiers. U-561 sunk by R.N. MTB 81 in the Straits of Messina. Italian Sub Bronzo captured by Destroyer HMS Seaham, put into R.N. service as P-714.
1944 R.N. Motor Launch ML 433 sunk by mine off the west coast of Italy.
1953 Major John Bolt becomes USMC's 1st jet Ace
 
July 13
1260 Battle of Durbe
1558 Battle of Gravelines
1573 Siege of Haarlem ends, began 11 Dec. 1572
1643 Battle of Roundway Down
1794 Battle of Tripstadt
1854 Battle of Guaymas
1861 Battle of Carrick's Ford
1863 New York City Draft/Race Riot begins
1864 Battle of Tupelo begins
1942 Free French Sub Chaser Rennes bombed/sunk. U-153 sunk by Destroyer USS Lansdowne off Colon, Panama.
1943 Battle of Kolombangara: Cruiser Jintsu sunk, Destroyer USS Gwin damaged/scuttled. U-487 sunk by aircraft from USS Core in Mid-Atlantic. Italian sub Acciaio sunk by sub HMS Unruly off Calabria, and sub Nereide sunk by Destroyers HMS Ilex and Echo south east of the Straits of Messina
1944 Red Army captures Vilna.
1945 Italy declares War on Japan
1977 Ethiopia-Somalia War begins
 
July 14
1900 Allies capture Tianjin
1916 Battle of Delville Wood begins
1936 1st flight Kawanishi H6K "Mavis" Flying Boat
1941 Vichy French in Syria surrender to the Allies.
1942 Brazil declares War on Germany and Italy. Turkish sub Atilay sunk by mine. Soviet sub ShCh-317 sunk by Finnish Minelayer Ruotsinsalmi and Patrol Ship VMV-6. Italian sub Pietro Calvi rammed/sunk by Sloop HMS Lulworth north east of the Canarys
1943 USN LCT-19 bombed/sunk off Salerno. U-160 sunk by aircraft from USS Santee. Sub I-179 sank in diving accident in the Inland Sea
1944 U-415 sunk by mine off Brest. I-55 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS William C Miller off Tinian.
1945 USN aircraft sink Destroyer Tachibana, Frigates CD-74 & 65, Minesweeper W-24, and Sub Chaser CH-48, CD-219 sunk by sub USS Carp, all off Kamaishi.
1950 Battle of Taejon begins
1969 The Soccer War begins
 
July 15
1099 Siege of Jerusalem begins
1240 Battle of the Neva
1410 Battle of Grunwald
1815 Napoleon surrenders
1864 Battle of Tupelo ends
1918 2nd Battle of the Marne begins
1941 Landing Ship HMS Prince Phillippe sunk in a collision off the west coast of Scotland. Ocean Boarding Vessel HMS Lady Somers sunk by Italian sub Morosini. Italian Patrol Boat Nettuno sunk by sub HMS Unbeaten off Mara Zuag Roads, and Patrol Boat Vincenzo Dodre sunk by sub HMS Taku. R.N. Lighter A-10 bombed/sunk off N. Africa
1942 U-576 depth charged by 2 USN Kingfishers and shelled/sunk by M.V. Unicoi. IJN Sub Chasers CH-25 and 37 sunk with all hands by USS Grunion off Kiska.
1943 U-135 sunk by Sloop HMS Rochester and Corvettes HMS Migonette and Balsom and a USN PBY east of the Canarys. U-759 sunk by USN PBM Mariner in the Caribbean. U-509 sunk by aircraft from USS Santee. R.N. LCT 2263 lost. PT-133 sunk by shore batteries off Cape Pus, New Guinea. Italian sub Remo sunk by sub HMS United in the Gulf of Toranto
1944 U-319 sunk by RAF B-24 south west of Lindesnes. Soviet MTB TKA-239 sunk by KM surface ships off Norway
1945 I-351 sunk by USS Bluefish north east of Borneo
 
July 16
1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
1683 naval Battle of Penghu
1779 Battle of Stony Point
1863 Jackson, Miss evacuated by Confederates
1940 Destroyer HMS Imogen rammed/sunk by Cruiser HMS Glasgow off Duncansby Head, Scotland. Sub HMS Phoenix sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Albatros off Augusta
1941 R.N. MGBs 90 and 92 burn at Portland
1942 1st flight JU-290
1943 U-675 sunk by aircraft from USS Core
1944 R.N. LCT 7057 lost. KM Anti-Aircraft Cruiser Niobe bombed/sunk at Kotka, Finland.
1945 I-13 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Lawrence C Taylor. IJN Torpedo Boat Kari sunk by sub USS Baya south west of Makassar. IJN Gunboat Nankai sunk west of Surabaya.
1948 Israel captures Nazereth
 
July 17
1203 Crusaders capture Constantinople
1453 Battle of Castillion
1898 Santiago de Cuba surrenders
1927 Battle of Ocotal
1936 Spanish Civil War starts
1939 1st flight Bristol Beaufighter
1940 Mooring Vessel HMS Steady sunk by mine off Newhaven
1941 Trawler HMS Fertile Vale sunk in a collision in Firth of Tay. R.N. LCT 10 bombed/damaged off Sidi Barani, sinks under tow.
1942 U-751 sunk by RAF Whitley and Lancaster north west of Cape Ortegal
1943 Destroyer Hatsuyuki bombed/sunk in the Shortland Islands. R.N. MTB 316 sunk by Cruiser Scipione Africano off Reggia, Italy. KM Minesweeper M-346 sunk by Soviet sub ShCh-403 off Norway.
1944 Port Chicago, Ca Disaster. 1st use of Napalm by P-38s near Saint-Lo. I-166 sunk by sub HMS Telemuchus in the Strait of Malacca. U-347 sunk by RAF B-24 off Narvik. U-361 sunk by RAF PBY west of Narvik. R.N. LCT 387 sunk by mine off west coast of Italy.
1945 rescue tug HMS Athlete sunk by mine off Leghorn, Italy. Ex-KM E Boat S-90 beached on Bru Island.
1989 1st flight B-2
 
July 18
390 B.C. Battle of Allia
1342 Battle of Zava
1391 Battle of the Kondurcha River
1656 Battle of Warsaw begins
1779 Commodore Whipple's US Squadron captures 11 British Prizes, richest US capture of the War
1813 USS President captures 4 British Prizes
1861 Battle of Blackburn's Ford
1863 Battle of Battery Wagner
1920 Ex-Ger. Cruiser Frankfort sunk by aircraft as a target
1940 KM Sub Chaser UJ-126 sunk by R.N. sub H31 off Terschelling, Neth.
1941 Soviet MTB TK-123 bombed/sunk in the Baltic
1942 Soviet sub ShCh-138 destroyed by explosion of one of her torpedoes in the torpedo compartment at Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, Russian Far East
1943 U Boat shoots down US Navy Airship K-74, only US airship shot down in WWII. US LST 342 sunk by Ro-106 south east of New Georgia. Italian sub Romolo bombed/sunk east of Augusta.
1944 US Motor Gunboat PGM 7 sunk in collision in the Bismarck Sea. KM Minesweeper M-264 sunk by British aircraft west of Heligoland, and R-139 sunk off Nordeny. U-672 sunk by Frigate HMS Balfour in the English Channel. U-742 sunk by RAF PBY. Aux. Gunboat Unkai Maru no. 10 sunk by USS Cobia north west of Chichi Jima.
1945 IJN training ship Kasuga, cable Layer Harushima, Aux. Patrol boats Pa-3, 110, and 122, incomplete Destroyer Yaezakura, I-372, Target ship Yakaze all bombed and sunk by aircraft @ Yokosuka. Frigate CD-112 sunk by sub USS Barb when she deliberately intercepted a torpedo aimed at Ferry Soya Maru carrying 600 civilians, mostly women and children. Ex-KM Depot ship MRS-25 sunk by mine off Norway.
1996 Battle of Mullaitivu
 
July 19
1333 Battle of Halidon Hill
1544 Siege of Boulogne begins
1545 English warship Mary Rose sinks
1863 Battle of Buffington Island, Oh
1864 3rd Battle of Nanking ends
1916 Battle of Fromelles begins
1918 USS San Diego sunk by mine off Fire Island, N.Y.
1940 Battle of Cape Spada: Cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sunk by Cruiser HMAS Sydney and Destroyers HMS Hyperion and Ilex. Trawler HMS Crestflower bombed/sunk south of the Isle of Wight
1941 Sub HMS Umpire sunk in a collision with Trawler HMS Peter Hendriks off Blakeney, Norfolk. KM Escort Ship NK-08 torpedoed/sunk by RAF off Sirevag. Soviet Destroyer Serdity bombed in the Moon Strait, salvage attempts abandoned on the 22nd.
1942 Auxiliary Convoy Escort Vessel HMS Malines torpedoed/beached near Port Said, refloated in January '43 and used as a training hulk, scrapped after the War.
1943 U-513 sunk by USN PBM off Sau Francisco do Sul, Brazil. KM Minesweeper R-33 bombed/sunk at Yalta
1944 Cruiser Oi sunk by sub USS Flasher south of Hong Kong. RO-48 (or I-5) sunk by Destroyer Escorts USS Reynolds and Wyman east of Saipan
1961 Bizerte Crisis begins
1979 Sandinistas capture Managua.
 
July 20
911 Battle of Chartres
1304 Siege of Sterling Castle ends
1402 Battle of Ankara
1592 Japan captures Pyongyang
1864 Battle of Peachtree Creek
1866 naval Battle of Lissa
1921 US aircraft begin bombing target Battleship Ostfrieseland.
1940 Italian Destroyers Ostro and Nembo sunk at Tobruk by Swordfish. Destroyer HMS Brazen bombed, sunk by near misses off Dover.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Stremitenlnyi and Patrol Boat Shtil sunk by Stukas. Sub HMS Union sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Circe north of Tripoli
1943 Destroyers Kiyonami and Yugure bombed/sunk north west of Kolombangara by US Army B-25s, B-25s also sink PT-166 south of Kolombangara. U-558 sunk by a US Army B-24 and an RAF Halifax in the Bay of Biscay. KM Patrol Boat V-6114 sunk by a sub off Gamvik and V-805 sunk by a mine
1944 R.N. LCT 2337 lost in the Normandy area, and LCT 689 by an explosion in an unknown location. Destroyer HMS Isis lost off Normandy to a mine or a KM Neger vehicle. Polish Cruiser Dragon scuttled as a breakwater off France. Brazilian Troopship Vital de Oliveria sunk by U-861 in the South Atlantic. USCG examination vessel LV-105 sunk in a collision off Portsmouth, Va.
1945 Minesweeper W-39 sunk by USS Threadfin in the Yellow Sea. Seaplane Tender Kiyokawa Maru bombed/sunk north of Kamioseki.
1969 Soccer War ends
1974 Turkey invades Cyprus
 
July 21
1242 Battle of Taillebourg
1403 Battle of Shrewsbury
1545 Isle of Wight Invasion
1568 Battle of Jemmingen
1588 naval battle off Plymouth
1656 Malaga Raid
1861 1st Battle of Manassas
1903 Battle of Ciudad Bolivar
1921 Battleship Ostfriesland sinks during 2nd day of bomb testing
1936 Nationalists capture the navy base at El Ferrol and 1 Battleship, 2 Cruisers, one Destroyer, plus 2 Cruisers under construction there.
1941 Soviet sub M-94 sunk by U-140 off Saaremaa
1942 R.N. MTB 328 sunk by KM surface ships in Dover Strait
1943 U-662 sunk by USN PBY off the mouth of the Amazon
1944 Battle of Guam begins. KM Minesweeper M-20 bombed/sunk off Sweden. M-307 bombed/sunk off Langeoog, Germany. M-413 bombed/sunk in Narva Bay. U-212 sunk by Frigates HMS Curzon and Ekins south of Brighton. Brazilian Minelayer Camaqua sank in a storm east of Recife
1977 Libya-Egyptian War begins
 
July 22
838 Battle of Anzen
1209 Sack of Beziers
1298 Battle of Falkirk
1456 Siege of Belgrade ends
1484 Battle of Lochmaben Fair
1499 Battle of Dornach
1797 Battle of Cape Finisterre
1802 USS Constellation defeats 9 Tripolitan Gunboats
1805 2nd Battle of Cape Finisterre
1812 Battle of Salamanca
1864 Battle of Atlanta
1940 Trawler HMS Campina sunk by mine off Holeyhead
1941 Soviet MTB TK-71 sunk by E-Boats.
1942 USAT Southern Seas strikes a reef and sinks in Taruiu Pass, raised, repaired, put in US Navy service
1943 Allies capture Palermo. R.N. MTB 288 bombed/sunk off Augusta, Sicily. Seaplane Carrier Nisshin bombed/sunk off south east tip of Bouganville.
 
July 23
1319 Battle of chios
1677 Siege of Marstrand ends
1793 Siege of Mainz ends
1821 Greeks capture Monemvasia
1920 Battle of Maysalun Pass
1940 HMS Narwhale bombed/sunk in Norwegian Sea
1941 Destroyer HMS Fearless torpedoed by Italian aircraft, scuttled north east of Bone, Algeria. KM Sub Chaser UJ-113 sunk by mine off Liepuja. Patrol Boat V-1310 sunk by R.N. MTB off Boulogne, and V-1508 south west of Boulogne.
1943 Italian sub Ascianghi sunk by HMS Eclipse and Laforey off Augusta, Sicily. KM Minesweeper M-152 sunk by mine in the Geronde Estuary. U-598 sunk by US B-24 off Natal, Brazil. U-527 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue south of the Azores. U-613 sunk by Destroyer USS George E. Badger south of the Azores. USN LCT 196 sank in a storm off Salerno.
1944 US invades Tinian
 
July 24
1132 Battle of Nocera
1148 Siege of Damascus begins
1411 Battle of Harlaw
1813 Sailing Master Elijah Mix attempts to sink HMS Plantagenet with a (spar?) torpedo off Cape Henry, Va.
1823 Battle of Lake Maracaibo
1861 Battle of Tyler Mountain, Va
1863 Union troops battle Indians in Dakota Territory near where Bismarck is today
1864 2nd Battle of Kernstown
1910 Ottomans capture Shkoder
1940 Trawlers bombed/sunk..HMS Fleming in the Thames Estuary, HMS Kingston Galena & Rodino off Dover. French Troopship Meknes sunk by E-Boat S-27 in the English Channel
1942 U-90 sunk by Destroyer HMCS St. Croix. R.N. MGB 601 cought fire and blew up at Dover
1943 U-459 bombed/damaged by RAF Wellingtons off Cape Ortegal, scuttled. U-622 bombed/sunk at Trondheim.
1944 Battle of Tinian begins. R.N. MTB 372 sunk by KM surface ships off Cape Louiste, Ctoatia
1945 IJN Carrier Amagi & Cruisers Aoba and Tone bombe/sunk, Battleship-carrier Hyuga and Training ship Iwate sinks next day, Escort Carrier Kaiyo and target ship Settsu beached, all at Kobe. Minesweeper HMS Squirrel damaged by mine & scuttled off Phuket, Siam. Destroyer Escort USS Underhill sunk by Kaiten manned torpedo
1977 Libyan-Egyptian War ends
2001 Bandaranaike Airport attack, Sri Lanka
 
July 25
1139 Battle of Ourique
1261 Nicaeans recapture Constantinople
1278 naval Battle of Algeciras
1467 Battle of Molinella
1759 British capture Ft. Niagra & the French abandon Ft. Rouille
1799 Battle of Abu Qir
1814 Battle of Lundy's Lane, Ontario
1861 Battle of Ft. Fillmore, New Mexico Territory begins
1863 Siege of Battery Wagner begins
1898 US invades Puerto Rico
1915 RFC Capt. Lanoe Hawker becomes the 1st British aviator to win the Victoria Cross for shooting down 3 German observation planes in one day.
1920 French capture Damascus
1939 1st flight AVRO Manchester
1940 KM Torpedo Boat Luchs sunk by sub HMS Thames off Norway.
1941 Italian Patrol Ship B 247 sunk by sub HMS Tetrarch off Gaidero Island, Greece
1942 Trawler HMS Laertes sunk by U-201 off Freetown, Sierra Leone.
1943 KM Minesweeper R-186 sunk by British aircraft in the Aegean. E Boat S-44 bombed/sunk at Kiel. S-77 sunk by R.N. MTBs 40 and 42. Soviet navy trawler T-904 sunk by mine in Yugor Strait.
1944 Minelayer Sokuten sunk by US Navy F6Fs that detonated her mines off Palau.
1945 Frigate CD-4 bombed/sunk by US Navy aircraft off Toba. Patrol Boat PB-2 sunk by sub HMS Stubborn in Lombok Strait.
1993 Israel invades Lebanon
 
July 26
657 Battle of Siffin begins
811 Battle of Pliska
1469 Battle of Edgecote Moor
1758 Siege of the Louisbourg Fortress ends
1759 Battle of Ft. Ticonderoga begin1794 battle of Fleurus
1822 Battle of Dervenakia begins
1861 Battle of Ft. Filmore, New Mexico Territory ends
1863 Morgan's Raid ends
1897 Siege of Malakand begins
1937 Battle of Brunete ends
1940 KM Torpedo Boat Luchs sunk by sub HMS Thames, Thames is lost sometime this day, and KM Minesweepers M-61, 89, and 136 sunk by mines off the Hook of Holland.
1941 Malta Raid: Italian MTBs MAS 451, 452 and explosive assualt boats destroyed during Raid attempt. Soviet Gunboat MO-239 sunk by Finnish Gunboat Uusimaa off Finland. KM Minesweeper R-169 sunk by Soviet aircraft at Vindova
1943 U-359 sunk by USN PBM Mariner off the south west tip of Haiti.
1944 I-29 sunk by USS Sawfish off The Philippines. Sub USS Robalo sunk by mine off Palawan. U-214 sunk by Frigate HMS Cooke in the English Channel. U-2323 sunk by mine at Kiel
1945 IJN Landing Ship T-150 bombed, sinks next day off Palau. Minesweeper HMS Vestal sunk by Kamikaze off Phuket, Thailand, last R.N. ship sunk in WWII by direct enemy action.
1953 Cuban Revolution begins
 
July 28
1364 Battle of Cascina
1809 Battle of Tulavera ends
1864 Battle of Ezra Church. Battle of Tohkohokaty Mountain, Dakota Territory
1914 Austria-Hungary declares War on Serbia
1935 1st flight B-17
1940 Trawler HMS Staunton sunk with all hands by a mine off East Knoll Bouy
1941 R.N. Lighter A8 bombed/sunk off Bardia. KM Minesweeper R-169 sunk by Soviet aircraft in the Baltic
1942 Destroyers Ariake and Mikazuki bombed/sunk by B-25s off Cape Gloucester, New Britain.
1943 Norwegian MTB 345 captured off Norway. U-159 bombed/sunk by USN PBM Mariner south of the Dominican Republic. U-404 sunk by 2 US Army and 1 RAF B-24s north west of Cape Ortegal
1944 1st flight DeHavilland Hornet. U-1166 severly damaged by a torpedo explosion at Eckenforde, Norway, decommisioned & towed to Keil, scuttled there May '45.
1945 IJN ships bombed/sunk at Kure: Battleships Haruna and Ise, Destroyer Nashi, Training ship Izumo, Cruiser Oyodo, Frigates CD-4 and CD-30, incomplete subs I-205, I-404, Sub Chaser CH-14 and Frigate CD-45 bombed/beached. Aux. minelayer Koryu Maru bombed/sunk at Innoshima. Destroyer USS Callahan sunk by Kamikaze off Okinawa, last warship to be sunk by Kamikazes.
 
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