This day in military history..

Nov 26
1865 naval Battle of Papudo
1939 Shelling of Mainila.
1940 Polish Patrol Ship Medoc torpedoed/sunk by German aircraft off Rame Head.
1943 Troopship HMS Rohna sunk by Glide Bomb off Algeria.
2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attack begins
 
Nov 27
1863 Battle of Mine Run begins
1868 Battle of the Washita
1940 Trawler HMS Elk sunk by mine off Plymouth. Minelayer HMS Port Ash blew up and sank at Loch Alsh, Scotland. New Zealand Troopship Rangitane captured by KM Raiders Komet and Orion and scuttled by Komet east of New Zealand. Battle of Cape Spartivento.
1941 Sloop HMAS Parramatta sunk by U-559 off Tobruk. KM Flackship V-1340 bombed/sunk.
1942 Vichy French fleet scuttled at Toulon
1943 R.N. Motor Launch ML 126 lost off the west coast of Italy
1944 RAF Fauld munitions dump explosion. US Sub Chaser SC-744 sunk by Kamakaze in Leyte Gulf. KM Collier Korsenes and POW ship Rigel sunk by aircraft from HMS Implacable off Norway
1950 Battle of the Chosin Reservoir begins
 
Nov 29
1612 Battle of Swally
1729 Ft. Rosalie Massacre
1775 British ordnance ship Nancy captured by USS Lee.
1776 Siege of Ft. Cumberland, Nova Scotia ends
1863 Battle of Knoxville
1864 Battle of Spring Hill. Sand Creek Massacre.
1872 Battle of Lost River
1939 U-39 damaged by Destroyers HMS Kingston, Icarus and Kashmir, scuttled in the North Sea w/o casualties.
1940 Trawler HMS Calverton sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber
1942 R.N. Motor Launch ML 242 burned off west Africa.
1941 KM Flackship V-1611 torpedoed/sunk
1943 U-86 sunk by Destroyers HMS Tumult and Rocket east of the Azores. Destroyer USS Perkins rammed/sunk by Australian Troopship Duntoon off New Guinea. I-21 sunk by aircraft from USS Chinango off Tarawa
1944 R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 101 sunk by mine off Salonika. Carrier Shinano sunk by USS Archerfish north east of Omaezaki. Sub Chaser CH-45 sunk by P-47s east of Cebu
 
Nov 30
1707 2nd Siege of Pensacola ends
1718 Siege of Fredriksten ends(Swedish calender)
1853 naval Battle of Sinop
1863 Battle of Mine Run ends. Siege of Ft. Esperanza ends
1864 Battle of Franklin
1939 The Winter War begins. KM Flackship V-704 sunk by mine off Trelleborg, Sweden
1940 Trawler HMS Chestnut sunk by mine off North Foreland
1941 U-206 sunk by mine west of St. Nazaire
1942 KM Raider Thor burned out/sunk by KM Tanker Uckermark when she blew up and burned at Yokohama. naval Battle of Tassafaronga: Cruiser USS Northampton and Destroyer Takanami, damaged during the battle, sink in the early hours of Dec. 1.
1944 Minesweeper HMSAS Bever sunk by mine off Piraeus.
1995 Operation Desert Storm officialy ends
 
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Dec 1
1941 Italian Destroyer Alvise de Mosto sunk by Cruiser HMS Aurora in the Med.
1942 Trawler HMS Jasper sunk by E Boat S-81 in the English Channel. Corvette HMAS Armidale torpedoed and sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Timor
1943 Trawler HMS Avanturine sunk by E Boat S-142 off Beachy Head.
 
2 Dec
1805 Battle of Austerlitz
1899 Battle of Tirad Pass
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Forfar sunk by U-99 west of Ireland
1942 Italian Torpedo Boat Lupo sunk by 4 R.N. Destroyers off Tunisia. Destroyer HMS Quentin torpedoed/sunk by German aircraft off Algiers
1943 US LCT-242 sunk off Naples. Bari Air Raid
1975 Pathet Lao capture Vientiane
 
Dec 3
1799 Battle of Wiesloch
1800 Battle of Hohenlinden
1941 KM aux. Sub Chaser UJ-1708 sunk by Soviet Sub K-3 off Rolvsoy. Soviet troopship VT-521 sunk by Finnish Coast Artillery and mines near Hanko
1942 Destroyer HMS Penylan sunk by E Boat S-115 south of Start Point
1944 Frigate CD-64 sunk by USS Pipefish east of Hainan. Battle of Ormoc Bay: Destroyer USS Cooper sunk by Destroyer Take. Destroyer Kuwa sunk by Destroyers USS Cooper, Moale and Allen M. Sumner
1971 1971 Indo-Pakistani War begins
 
Dec 4
1676 Battle of Lund
1864 Battle of Waynesboro
1893 Shangani Patrol
1939 U-36 sunk by HMS Salmon off Stavanger. KN Aux. Sub Chaser UJ-117 sunk by mine in The Belt, raised, repaired, returned to service
1942 Italian Cruiser Muzio Attendolo bombed/sunk by B-24s in Naples harbor
1943 Carrier Chuyo sunk by USS Sailfish off Hachijima. Aux Sub Chaser Takunan Maru No. 7 and Guard Ship Mikuni Maru No. 5 bombed/sunk at Kwagelein.
1944 Destroyer Kishinami sunk by USS Flasher north west of Palawan.
 
Dec 5
1757 Battle of Leuthen
1940 Destroyer HMS Cameron bombed in drydock at Plymouth, capsized when the dock filled with water. Repaired and used as hull stress test ship. Trawler HMS Calverton sunk by mine at the mouth of the mouth of the Humber off Spurn Head. Italian Torpedo Boat Calypso sunk by mine east of Tripoli
1941 UK declares War on Finland, Hungary, and Romania. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Chakdina bombed/sunk in eastern Med.
1942 Trawlers HMS Bengali, Canna, and Spaniard sunk by an explosion at Lagos
1944 R.N. LCT 321 sunk by mine of the west coast of Greece. US LCM-20 sunk by Kamakaze off Leyte. US LSM-149 wrecked off Sansapor or The Philippines. Soviet Sub Chaser BO-230 sunk by U-365 in the Barents Sea. Gunboat Hozu ran aground in the Yangtze and then was bombed/sunk by Chinese aircraft.
 
Dec 6
1704 Battle of Chamkaur
1916 Central Powers capture Bucharest
1917 Destroyer USS Jacob Jones sunk by U-53. Halifax Munitions Disaster
1939 Trawler HMS Washington sunk by mine off Caister
1940 Sub HMS Regulus sunk off Taranto
1941 Sub HMS Perseus sunk by mine off Greece. Soviet sub ShCh-204 sunk off Varna, Bulgaria by Bulgarian aircraft
1942 Italian sub Porfido sunk by sub HMS Tigris north east of Bone, Algeria. Tug USS Grebe runs aground in Fiji
1944 1st flight He-162 fighter. Frigate HMS Bullen sunk by U-775 off Cape Wrath. U-297 sunk by RAF Sunderland west of the Orkneys.
 
Dec 7
1862 Battle of Prarie Grove
1917 US declares War on Austria-Hungary
1940 1st flight Fairy Barracuda. Trawler HMS Capricornus sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Trawler HMS Cortina and Guardship HMS Lormont sink each other in a collision at the mouth of the Humber.
1941 HMS Chantala sunk by mine at Tobruk. Corvette HMCS Windflower sunk in a collision with SS Zypenberg on the Grand Banks. U-205 sunk by Destroyers HMS Hesperus and Harvester west of Gibraltar. Pearl Harbor Attack
1944 Destroyers USS Mahan and Ward damaged/scuttled, and LSM-318 sunk, by Kamakazes off Leyte. KM Patrol Ship V-1606 bombed/sunk by Soviet aircraft. Soviet Sub Chaser BO-229 sunk by U-997 in the Barents Sea. High Speed Transport T-11 sunk by USMC and US Army aircraft at San Isidro, Leyte
1975 Indonesia invades East Timor
 
Dec 8
395 Battle of Canne Slope
1914 naval Battle of the Falkland Islands
1941 Japan invades Malaya, Siam, Netherlands East Indies, The Philippines, and Hong Kong (Simultaneous to the Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Attack with the Int Date Line causing a technically different date). US, UK, Canada, China, Free French and The Netherlands declare War on Japan. Trawlers HMS Milford Earl and HMS Phineus Beard bombed/sunk off Scotland. Rescue Tug HMS St Dominic sunk by IJN surface ships south of Saddle Island. Patrol Ship HMIS Probhavati sunk by Cruiser HMS Glasgow in the Indian Ocean. Gunboat HMS Peterel sunk by Armored Cruiser Izumo, and River Gunboat USS Wake captured, at Shanghai. Minesweeper USS Penguin bombed/scuttled at Guam.
1942 Soviet Patrol Ship Smerch bombed/sunk at Murmansk. U-254 sunk in a collision with U-221 while manuevering to attack a Convoy in the Atlantic. U-611 sunk by RAF B-24 south east of Cape Farewell.
1943 Trawler HMS Rysa sunk by mine off La Maddelena.
1945 1st flight Bell 47
1971 Indian Navy attacks Pakistani Navy Base at Karachi
 
Dec 9
730 Battle of Ardabil
1775 Battle of Great Bridge
1824 Battle of Ayacucho
1856 British capture Bushehr
1917 Allenby captures Jerusalem
1937 Battle of Nanking begins
1940 Troopship HMS Royal Scot sunk by mine in the Bristol Channel.
1941 Japanese occupy Tarawa and Makin. China declares War on Italy and Germany. Cuba, Guatamala and the Philippines declare War on Germany and Japan.
1942 Sub I-3 sunk by PT-59 off Guadalcanal. Corvette HMS Marigold torpedoed/sunk by Italian aircraft. Destroyer HMS Porcupine sunk by U-602 north east of Oran.
1944 U-387 sunk by Corvette HMS Bamborough Castle near Murmansk.
 
Dec 10
1510 Potrugal captures Goa
1665 Royal Netherlands Marine Corps. Est.
1938 1st flight Lockheed Hudson
1939 Trawler HMS Ray of Hope sunk by mine off Ramsgate
1941 Battle of the Philippines begins: Minesweepers W-10 bombed/sunk and W-19 bombed/beached at Aparri, Philippines by US aircraft. Battle of Guam ends. Battlecruiser HMS Repulse and Battleship HMS Prince of Wales sunk by Japanese aircraft off Malaya. Minesweeper HMS Banka sunk by mine off Tioman Island, Philippines. Minesweeper USS Bittern bombed/scuttled at Cavite. USS Sealion bombed/damaged, scuttled on the 25th. Sub I-70 bombed/sunk by aircraft from USS Enterprise
1944 US LCT-1075 sunk when Liberty Ship SS Marcus Daly is hit by a Kamakaze. PT-323 hit by Kamakaze and beached/abandond, both off Leyte
 
Dec 11
630 Mohammed captures Mecca
1868 Battle of Avay
1941 Germany and Italy declares War on the US, and the US on them. Poland declares War on Japan. Italian Torpedo Boat Alcione sunk by sub HMS Truant off Suda Bay. Sub Ammiraglio Coraccilo sunk by HMS Farndale in the Med. Trawler HMSLady Shirley and Armed Yacht HMS Rosabelle sunk by U-374 in the Straits of Gibraltar. Battle of Wake Island begins: Destroyer Hayate sunk by 5" shore guns and Destroyer Kisaragi bombed/sunk by an USMC F4F Wildcat.
1942 Destroyer HMS Blean sunk by U-443 north west of Oran.
1943 Frigate HMS Cuckmere damaged beyond repair by U-223 off Algeria, scrapped post War.
1944 Destroyer USS Reid sunk by Kamakaze off Leyte. US Sub Chaser SC-1059 ran aground/sank in the Bahamas, raised, repaired, returned to service. R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 257 sunk by mine off the Schelde River
1994 1st Chechen War begins
 
Dec 12
627 Battle of Nineveh
1098 Siege of Ma'arra ends
1862 Ironclad USS Cairo sunk by command detonated torpedo in the Yazoo River
1937 Gunboat USS Panay bombed/sunk by Japanese in the Yangtze River
1939 Battle of Tolvajarvi. Destroyer Duchess sunk in a collision with Battleship HMS Barham off the Mull of Kintire.
1941 UK declares War on Bulgaria. Hungary and Romania declare War on the US. India declares War on Japan. Anti-Submarine vessel HMS Kampar bombed/sunk at Penang. Gunboat HMS Moth scuttled at Hong Kong, raised, repaired, put in IJN service as "Suma" Recieving ship HMS Tamar also wscuttled at H.K. KM Flackship V-5101 sunk.
1942 KM Sperrbrecher Beijerland sunk by HMS Albrieghton and Eskdale north west of Dieppe. PT-44 sunk by Destroyers Kawakaze and Suzukaze, and Teruzuki sunk by PT-37 and PT-40, off Savo Island. Sub HMS P-222 sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Fortunale off Capri
1943 Destroyers HMS Holcombe and Tynedale sunk by U-593 off Algeria
1944 E Boat S-198 bombed/sunk by RAF off Ijmuiden. U-416 sunk in collision with Minesweeper M-203 north west of Pillau. KM Destroyers Z 35 and Z 36 sunk by mines in the Gulf of Finland. High Speed Transport T-12 and Landing Ship T-104 sunk by sub USS Pintado in the Luzon Channel. Landing ship T-159 sunk by Destroyer USS Coghlan and US Army field artillery, mortars and Tank Destroyers in Ormoc Bay. Destroyer Yuzuki bombed/sunk by USMC aircraft north west of Cebu. Destroyer Uzuki sunk by PT-490 and PT-492 in Ormoc Bay. Norwegian Corvette Tunsberg Castle sunk by mine in the Barents Sea.
 
Dec 13
1643 Battle of Alton
1861 Battle of Camp Wildcat
1862 Battle of Fredricksburg ends
1939 Battle of the River Plate. Trawler HMS William Hallett sunk by mine off the Tyne
1941 Battle of Cape Bon: Italian Cruisers Alberto da Giussano and Albericoda da Bariano sunk by 3 R.N. and one Dutch Destroyers in 5 minutes
1943 U-172 sunk by 4 US Destroyers and aircraft from USS Bogue. U-391 sunk by RAF B-24 in Bay of Biscay. U-593 sunk by Destroyers USs Wainwright and HMS Calpe off Algeria. U-365 sunk by Swordfish from HMS Campania east of Jan Mayen. KM Torpedo Boat T-15 and Minesweeper R-306 bombed/sunk at Kiel
 
Dec 14
1814 Battle of Lake Bourgne
1862 Battle of Kinston
1863 Battle of Bean's Station
1939 KM Corvette F-9 sunk by sub HMS Ursula off Heligoland. Trawler HMS James Ludford sunk by mine.
1940 Italian Sub Capitano Torantini sunk by sub HMS Thunderbolt off France. Sub Niade sunk by destroyers HMS Hyperion and Hereward off Bardia. Torpedo Boat HMS Branlebas sank in a storm off Eddystone Rocks
1941 Motor Anti-Submarine Boat 30 sank after hitting the Humber boom. MTB 68 sunk in a collision with MTB 215 off Tobruk
1942 Italian sub Uarciek captured by Destroyers HMS Petard and Greek Queen Olga, sinks under tow the next day
1943 PT-239 burns at Vella Lavella due to an explosion and fire in an Ammo and fuel dump.
1944 HMS Aldenham sunk by mine off Pola, Italy. Frigate CD-28 sunk by sub USS Blenny north west of Manila.
 
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Dec 15
533 Battle of tricamrum
1467 Battle of Baia
1778 naval Battle of st. Lucia
1864 Battle of Nashville begins
1914 Serbs recapture Belgrade
1917 Bolshivik Govt of Russia signs armistice with the Central Powers
1940 Free French Sub Narval sunk by mine off Sfax, Tunesia
1941 Dutch sub O-16 sunk by mine in Gulf of Siam. PT-33 ran aground/sank off Santiago, Luzon. U-127 sunk by HMAS Nestor off Cape St. Vincent
1942 U-626 sunk by USCG Ingham with a single depth charge. Cruiser HMS Galatea sunk by U-boat in the Med. Battles of Mount Austen, The Galloping Horse and The Sea Horse begins on Guadalcanal.
1943 Battle of Arawe begins
1944 Battle of Mindoro begins. US LST-472 and 738 damaged by Kamakazes/scuttled off Mindoro Destroyer Momo sunk by USS Hawkbill south west of Cape Bolinao, Luzon. Frigate CD-54 and Army Landing Ship SS-120 sunk by carrier aircraft in the Luzon Channel.
2006 1st flight F-35
 
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