![]() | About This day in military history.. Page 185 |
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| | 1285 naval Battle of Chuong Duong 1645 Battle of Naseby 1775 Continental Army est.(Birth of the US Army) 1800 Battle of Marengo 1830 France invades Algiers 1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Myrtle sunk by mine off Kent with all hands 1942 Destroyer HMS Hasty torpedoed/damaged by E-Boat S-55 off Serte, scuttled next day 1945 Battle of Bessang Pass ends 1982 Falklands War ends |
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June 15 1184 naval Battle of Fimreite 1219 Battle of Lyndanisse 1389 Battle of Kosovo 1775 Rhode Island Navy Sloop Katy captures sloop Diana, Tender to a R.N. warship 1863 2nd Battle of Winchester ends 1864 2nd Battle of Petersburg begins 1913 Battle of Bud Bagsak ends 1940 Operation Ariel, evacuation of western France, begins. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Andania sunk by KM sub U-A off Reykjavik. Italian sub Italia runs aground in the Red Sea(destroyed by HMS Kandahar, Kingston & HMAS Leander on the 27th). French sub Morse sunk by mine off Tunesia 1942 Destroyer HMS Airdale damaged by Ju-87s south of Crete, scuttled next day. Destroyer HMS Bedouin damaged by Italian Cruisers & torpedoed/sunk by aircraft off Pantelleria. R.N. Trawler HMS Kingston Ceylonite sunk & Destroyer USS Bainbridge damaged by mines in Chesapeake Bay. Destroyer HMAS Nester damaged by Italian aircraft off Crete, scuttled next day. R.N. Fleet Auxilary Tanker Slemdal sunk by U-552. 1943 Soviet Minesweeper BTSC-411 Zashchitnik sunk by U24 in the Black Sea. U-860 sunk by aircraft from USS Solomons. 1944 US invades Saipan. IJN sub RO-44 shelled/sunk by Destroyer Escort Burden R. Hastings, R-114 sunk by Destroyers USS Melvin & Wadleigh off Tinian. Destroyer Shiraysuyu sunk in collision with Seiyo Maru off Mindanao |
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June 16 1487 Battle of Stokes Field 1745 British capture Cape Breton Island. British capture the Louisborg Fortress 1746 Battle of Piacenza 1755 French surrender Ft. Beavsejour 1779 Siege of Gibraltar begins 1832 1st Battle of Kellogg's Grove 1815 Battle of Ligny. Battle of Quatre Bras 1858 Battle of Morar 1862 Battle of Secessionville 1864 Union troops bottled up @ Burmuda Hundred attack & capture the CS siege lines, but are forced back by a counter-attack. 1898 US Navy bombards Santiago, Cuba 1940 Sub HMS Grampus sunk by Italian Destroyers off Sicily. 1941 Vichy French Destroyer Chevalier Paul sunk by Fleet air Arm Swordfish off Latakia, Syria 1942 Cruiser HMS Hermione sunk by U-205 south of Crete. Polish Destroyer Kujawiak sunk by mine off Malta 1945 Destroyer USS Twiggs sunk by Kamakaze & aireal torpedo off Okinawa |
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June 17 1497 Battle of Depford Bridge 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill 1813 HMS Narcissus captures US Revenue Cutter "Surveyor" in the York River, Va. 1861 Battle of Vienna, Va 1862 Battle of St. Charles, Mo Union troops captures CS batteries after they burst the boiler of Gunboat USS Mound City 1863 Monitors USS Weehawken & Nahant defeat/capture Ironclad CSS Atlanta. 1865 Indians surprise 115 Union Cavalry on the Great Plains & capture their horses. 1870 USS Mohican burns Mexican Pirate ship "Forward" 1876 Battle of the Rosebud 1877 Battle of White Bird Canyon 1940 Soviets occupy Latvia, Lithuania & Estonia. Troopship HMS Lancastria sunk by Ju-88s off St. Nazaire. R.N. Trawler HMS Murmansk run aground & abandond @ Brest, salvaged by KM & served as KFK-16. Italian sub Provana rammed/sunk by French Sloop La Curieuse. French Minesweeper Ingenieur Riebell scuttled @ Brest, salvaged by KM & used as Patrol Vessel Roche Noire. U-99 bombed/sunk in error @ Kiel, raised & put back in service 1942 Destroyer HMS Wild Swan sunk by Ju-88s in Bay of Biscay 1943 US Subchaser SC -740 wrecked on Great Barrier Reef. |
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June 18 1053 Battle of Cavitate 1429 Battle of Patay 1757 Battle of Kolin 1778 British evacuate Philidelphia 1812 War of 1812 begins 1815 Battle of Waterloo 1864 2nd Battle of Petersburg ends. Siege of Petersburg begins 1940 French subs Achille, Agosta, Quessant & Pastuer, Minesweeper Alex de Tocqueville, Patrol ship Movette, unfinished Battleship Clemenceau, & Destroyer Cyclone, damaged by E Boat S-55, all scuttled @ Brest. Gunboat Enseigne Henry, Minesweepers Kersroise & Pluvoise, Navy tug La Valette, Navy water tanker Ondine all scuttled @ Lorient. Minesweeper Gaulois scuttled @ St. Servan. Minesweeper Marquitta, Navy tug Coury scuttled @ Cherbourg, Gunboat Vauquois damaged by mine off Le Conquet & scuttled. KM minesweeper M-5 sunk by mine in North Sea 1941 U-138 sunk by HMS Fearless & Faulknor off Cape Trafalgar 1945 USS Bonefish sunk by IJN off Honshu. US Minesweeper YMS-50 damaged by mine & scuttled off Balikipapan |
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June 19 1179 Battle of Kalvskinnet 1306 Battle of Methven 1821 Battle of Dragashani 1864 USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama off Cherbourg 1940 French subs Le Martinique & Roland Morillot scuttled @ Cherbourg. Armed Merchant Cruiser Mexique sunk by mine off Le Verdon-sur-Mer. Sub HMS Orpheus sunk by Italian Destroyer Turbine north of Tobruk. KM Minesweeper M-1802 sunk by mine in North Sea. 1942 US sub S-27 wrecked on Amchitka Island 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea Begins: Carrier Shokaku sunk by USS Cavala & Taiho sunk by USS Albacore. Sub I-184 sunk by aircraft from USS Suwannee. US Navy tug ATR-15 wrecked @ Normandy. LST-527 sunk by mine off Normandy |
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June 20 451 Battle of Chalons 1622 Battle of Macau 1631 Baltimore, Ireland sacked by Algerian Pirates 1756 British troops held in the "Black hole of Calcutta". 1783 naval Battle of Cuddalore 1813 HMS Junon, Narcissus & Barrossa engage 15 US Gunboats @ Newport News 1895 Kiel canal opens 1898 US captures Guam 1900 Siege of the Peking Legation Quarter begins 1913 Ens. Billingsley becomes 1st US Naval Aviator killed (in an accident) 1940 Italian sub Diamante sunk by sub HMS Parthian 1941 US sub 0-9 founders off Portmouth, N.H. 1943 Troopship Shojin Maru sunk by USS Seawolf in South China Sea 1944 Battle of the Philippine Sea ends: Carrier Hiyo sunk by aircraft from USS Belleau Wood |
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June 21 217 B.C. Battle of Lake Trasimene 1529 Battle of Landria 1798 Battle of Vinigar Hill 1824 Egyptians capture Psara 1864 1st Battle of the Weldon Railroad begins 1919 High Seas Fleet scuttled @ Scapa Flow 1940 German captured ex-Dutch Coast Defence Vessel Vliereede sunk by RAF at Den Helder, raised & repaired as nonself propelled stationary Flak battery named Ariadne. R.N. Trawler HMS Charde sinks @ Plymouth. Q Ship HMS Prunella sunk by U-28 in Celtic Sea. French Patrol Vessel Mercedita damaged by mine & beached at Le Verdon sur Mer. E-Boats S-21 & 23 sunk by mines off Calais, S-21 raised, Repaired & returned to service 1942 R.N. sub P-514 rammed/sunk with all hands by Minesweeper HMCS Georgian off Newfoundland. Axis captures Tobruk. Minesweeper HMSAS Parktown sunk by Italian MTB off Tobruk. IJN sub shells Ft. Stevens, Oregon 1944 Italian Cruiser Belzano sunk by Italian Frogmen at La Spezia. USCG vessels 83415 & 83471 founder off Normandy 1945 Battle of Okinawa ends. LSM-59 sunk by Kamakaze off Okinawa |
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June 22 217 B.C. Battle of Raphia 168 B.C. Battle of Pydia 1593 Battle of Sisak 1807 HMS Leopard attacks & boards USS Chesapeake 1865 CSS Shenandoah captures 2 Northern Whalers in the Bering Strait, last shots fired in the Civil War 1893 HMS Camperdown rams/sinks Medeterranian Fleet Flagship HMS Victoria, 358 are lost inc Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Geo. Tryon 1940 French Corvette La Bastiase is sunk by mine off Hartlepool, Destroyer Le Fier sunk by mine off Oleron & Destroyer LEntrepenant scuttled @ Gironde estuary 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union. Soviet Patrol Boat Mo-238 sunk by E Boat S-44. R.N. Trawler HMS Beech bombed/sunk @ Scrabster 1943 LST-373 sunk by U-593 off Algeria. US Subchaser SC-751 lost by grounding, Western Australia 1944 Soviets begin Operation Bagration. I-185 sunk by Destroyers USS Chandler & Newcomb 1945 High Speed Transport USS Barry, damaged by Kamakazes on May 25 & deployed as a Kamakaze decoy, is sunk by Kamakazes |
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June 23 1180 Battle of Uji 1314 Battle of Bannockburn begins 1757 Battle of Plassey 1758 Battle of Krefeld 1760 Battle of Landslaut 1780 Battle of Springfield, N.J. 1812 HMS Belvidera engages & then escapes from Frigates USS President, Congress & United States 1864 1sr Battle of the Weldon Railroad ends 1865 CS Gen. Stand Watie surrenders the last CS Army in the field 1913 Battle of Dorian ends 1919 Battle of Cesis 1940 French sub Emeraude scuttled @ Toulouse. Destroyer HMS Khartoum severly damaged in battle, beached but sinks next day off South Yemen. HMIS Pathan sunk by explosion of own depth charged off Bombay. Italian sub Torricelli sunk in Red Sea by R.N. ships 1941 Soviet Destroyer sunk by bombing @ Sevastopol, sub M-78 off Latvia by U-144 & sub S-3 by E Boats S-35 & S-60 off Germany. R.N. Trawler Nogi bombed/sunk off Cromer. KM supply/POW ship Alsteror scuttled in the Atlantic, 200 allied POWs rescued 1942 Italian Navy cargo ship L-18 sunk off Libya by HMS Thrasher 1943 US Navy cargo ships USS Aluda & Deimos sunk by Ro-103 off San Cristobal Island |
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