This day in military history..

Dec 16
1598 naval Battle of Noryang
1761 Siege of Kolberg ends
1838 Battle of Blood River
1864 Battle of Nashville ends
1912 naval Battle of Elli
1939 Trawlers HMS Evelina and Sedgefly sunk with all hands by mines near Newcastle
1941 Japan invades British Borneo. R.N. LCT 11 sank off Sollum. MTB 8 bombed/sunk, and Destroyer HMS Thracian scuttled, both at Hong Kong. Thracian raised, repaired, entered IJN service as Patrol Boat PB-101. U-557 rammed/sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Orione off Crete.
1943 U-73 sunk by 3 USN Destroyers off Algeria. USN Patrol Boat YP-426 runs aground and sinks off Tybee Island, Ga.
1944 Battle of the Bulge begins
1971 Bangladesh War of Independence and Indo-Pakistani War ends
1998 Operation Desert Fox, bombing campaign of Iraq begins
 
Dec 17
546 Siege of Rome ends
1583 Siege of Godesberg ends
1812 Battle of the Mississinewa
1903 Wright Bros 1st flight
1935 1st flight DC-3
1937 1st flight Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
1939 KM Armored Ship Adm. Graf Spee scuttled at Montevideo
1940 Destroyer HMS Acheron sunk by mine off Isle of Wight. Boom Defence Vessel HMS Thomas Connolly sunk by mine north of Sheerness
1941 Sub RO-62 sunk in a collision with RO-66 off Wake Island. Destroyer Shinonami bombed/sunk by a Dutch Do-24 flying boat. U-131 damaged by Corvette HMS Pentstemon and scuttled.
1942 Italian Destroyer Aviere sunk by Sub HMS Splendid north east of Bizerte. Destroyer HMS Firedrake sunk by U-211.
1944 U-772 sunk by Corvette HMS Nyasaland south of Ireland.
1947 1st flight B-47
 
Dec 18
1622 Battle of Mbumbi
1793 Siege of Toulon ends, French Royalists give 16 Navy ships to the R.N. to keep them out of Republican hands
1916 Battle of Verdun ends
1940 KM Flackship V-403 sunk by mine in the Westerschelde. Trawler HMS Refundo sunk by mine off Harwich
1941 Japanese invade Hong Kong Island. Battle of Guam ends. Dutch and Australian troops occupy Portugese Timor to set up defences. U-434 sunk by HMS Blankney and Stanley north of Madeira
1942 MTB 30 sunk by mine in the North Sea. Destroyer HMS Partridge sunk by U-565 west of Oran. Cruiser Tenryu sunk by USS Albacore off Madang.
1943 Minesweeper HMS Felixstowe sunk by mine off Sardinia. Destroyer Numakaze sunk by sub USS Grayback east of Okinawa
1944 Destroyers USS Hull, Spencer and Monaghan sank in a Typhoon in the Philippine Sea. PT-300 sunk by Kamikaze. KM Torpedo Boat T-10, Training Ship Schleswig-Holstein, and Target Ship Zahrinsen bombed/sunk at Gotenhafen. Sub Tender Waldermar Kophamel bombed/sunk off the German coast.
1972 Operation Linebacker II begins
 
Dec 20
1522 Siege of Rhodes ends
1808 Siege of Saragossa begins
1864 CS Army evacuates Savannah
1939 Tug HMS Napia sunk by a mine in The Downs
1941 Patrol Ship HMCS Adversus wrecked on McNutt's Island
1942 Sub I-4 sunk by USS Sea Dragon in St. George's Channel off New Ireland.
1943 U-850 sunk by aircraft from USS Bogue west of Madeira. Destroyer Fuyo sunk by USS Puffer off Subic Bay
1944 IJN Food Supply Ship Mamiya damaged by USS Sea Lion, sunk by Sea Lion on the 21st.
1989 US invades Panama
1998 Operation Desert Fox ends
 
Dec 21
1361 Battle of Linuesa
1598 Battle of Curalaba
1832 Battle of Konya
1864 Union Army occupies Savannah, Ironclad CSS Savannah scuttled.
1883 1st units of the Canadian army Est.
1939 Boom Defence Vessel HMS Bayonet sunk by mine in the Firth of Forth
1940 Tug HMS Sun IX sank off Sheerness
1941 Siam signs alliance with Japan & declares War on the US and UK, UK on Siam. Escort Carrier HMS Audacity sunk by U-751 west of Cape Finisterre. Gunboat HMS Cicala sunk by aircraft at Hong Kong. Dutch sub K-XVII sunk by mine in the Gulf of Siam. U-451 sunk by Swordfish from Gibraltar off Tangiers. U-567 sunk by Corvette HMS Samphire and Sloop HMS Deptford north east of The Azores
1943 U-284 scuttled at sea after storm damage
1944 USN LSTs 460 and 749 sunk by Kamakazes off Mindoro. KM Patrol Ship UJ-1702 sunk by mine off Norway.
1988 Lockerbie Airliner Bombing
 
Dec 22
1790 Russia captures Izmail Fortress
1930 1st flight Tupolev TB-3 Bomber
1939 Trawler HMS Dromio sunk in a collision with Italian freighter Valentino off Whitby
1940 Destroyer HMS Hyperion damaged by Italian sub, scuttled next day. 1943 Sub HMS H 31 flooded/sank at Campbeltown, raised, repaired, returned to service. Motor Attendance Vessel HMS BV 42 sunk by an explosion at Edinburgh. KM Cruiser(A-A ship) Niobe sunk by R.N. MTBs after running aground on the 19th off Silba, Yugoslavia
1944 Torpedo boat chidori sunk by USs Tilefish south west of Yokosuka. US LST-563 wrecked on Clipperton Island, Cal.
1964 1st flight SR-71
 
Dec 23
1793 Battle of Savenay
1864 1st Battle of Ft. Fisher begins
1916 Battle of Magdhaba
1939 Trawlers HMS Glen Albyn and Promotive sunk by mines in the Firth of Forth. Decommissioned Repair Ship HMS Dolphin sunk by mine near Blyth.
1940 Destroyer HMS Warwick damaged by mine/beached at Liverpool, refloated, repaired, returned to service. Trawler HMS Pelton sunk by E Boat S-29 north of Aldeburgh
1941 Battle of wake Island ends: Patrol Boats PB-32 and 33 grounded on Wake Island to land troops, destroyed by shore batteries. U-79 sunk by Destroyers HMS Hasty and Hotspur off Bardia
1943 Gunboat Nanyo bombed/sunk at Matsu Island by B-25s
1944 KN Minesweeper M-489 sunk by Norwegian MTB 712 off Norway. R.N. MTB 357 Km surface ships, sinks next day.
1974 1st flight B-1 Bomber
1979 Soviets occupy Kabul
 
Dec 24
1144 Siege of Edessa ends
1937 1st flight Macchi C 200 fighter
1940 Minesweeper Ferry HMS Mercury damaged by a mine off Ireland, sinks next day.
1941 Corvette HMS Salvia sunk by U-568 west of Alexandria. Discarded ex-Cruiser USS Rochester sunk as a block ship @ Subic Bay. Destroyer Sagiri sunk by Dutch Sub K-XVI, later in the day K-XVI is sunk by sub I-66.
1943 Harbor defence Motor Launch 1388 wrecked at Hartepool. Destroyer USS Leary sunk by U-275. U-645 sunk by Destroyer USS Schenk north east of the Azores. R.F.A. Sub Tender Dumana sunk by U-515 south west of the Ivory Coast
1944 Minesweeper HMCS Cloyoquot sunk by U-806 off the Sambro Lightship, Canada. Soviet Patrol Ship MO-594 sunk by U-636 in the Baltic. High Speed Transport T-8 sunk off Chichi Jima, and Landing Ship T-157 sunk off Iwo Jima, both by Destroyers USS Case and Roe. Sub Chaser CH-30 sunk by sub USS Barbero off Kuching.
1950 Allied evacuation of Hungnam ends
 
Dec 26
1481 Battle of Westbroek
1776 Battle of Trenton
1793 2nd Battle of Wissembourg begins
1806 Battle of Pultusk. Battle of Golymin.
1861 Trent Affair ends
1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou begins
1864 1st Battle of Ft. Fisher ends
1940 Minesweeper Attendance Craft MAC 5 sunk by mine north east of Gunfleet. Trawler HMS True Accord sunk in a collision with Trawler HMS Saronta at Yarmouth
1941 Soviet Patrol Ship MO-034 sunk by shore batteries off Reed-burun. Trawler HMS Henriette sunk by mine off Spurn Head. KM Flackships V-5902 and 5904 sunk by HMS Ashanti off Norway. Minesweeper W-6 bombed/sunk by Dutch Army B-10s off Kuching
1942 U-357 sunk by Destroyers HMS Hesperus and Vanessa north west of Ireland
1943 USMC lands on Cape Glouchester, New Britain: Destroyer USS Brownson bombed/sunk. Battle of North Cape: Battleship Scharnhorst sunk by Battleship HMS Duke of York
1944 Frigate HMS Capel sunk and Frigate HMS Affleck damaged beyond repair by U-486 off Cherbourg. Destroyer Kiyoshimo damaged by US aircraft, sunk by PT-223 south of Manila. U-2342 sunk by mine north of Swinemunde
1972 120 B-52s hit Hanoi
 
Dec 27
1655 Siege of Jasna Gora ends
1814 USS Carolina sunk by field artillery south of New Orleans
1922 IJN Hosho commissioned, 1st purpose built Aircraft Carrier
1939 Battle of Kelja ends
1941 Flackships V-1502, 5102, 5108, 6114 sunk by HMS Onslow and Oribi at Maloy Island
1942 1st flight KI-67 "Peggy" Bomber. High Speed Transport USS Wasmuth damaged by own depth charges in a storm off Alaska Territory, sinks on 29th.
1944 High Speed Transport T-7 and Landing Ship T-132 sunk by US Destroyers at Iwo Jima. U-877 sunk by Corvette HMCS St. Thomas north west of the Azores.
 
Dec 28
1939 Trawler HMS Barbara Robertson shelled/sunk by U-30 north west of the Butt of Lewis
1941 U-75 sunk by Destroyer HMS Kipling off Mersa Matruh. Damage Control Training Ship USS DCH-1 scuttled by Oiler USS Neches between San Diego & Pearl Harbor
1942 Tug HMS St. Issey sunk by U-617 off Benghazi
1943 Battle of Otona ends. KM Destroyer Z-27 and Torpedo Boats T-25 and T-26 sunk by Cruisers HMS Glasgow and Enterprise in the Bay of Biscay.
1944 US LST-750 damaged by Kamakazes and scuttled off Negros. U-752 sunk by RAF off Horten
2008 Somali and Ethiopian troops occupy Mogadishu.
 
Dec 29
1508 Battle of Dabul
1778 British capture Savannah
1812 HMS Java captured by USS Constitution, burned on Jan 1
1860 R.N.'s 1st ocean going Ironclad HMS Warrior launched
1890 Wounded Knee massacre
1934 Japan renounces the London and Washington Naval treaties
1939 1st flight B-24
1940 Greek sub Proteus sunk by Italian Torpedo boat Antares east of Brindisi.
1941 Soviet Patrol ship CKA-056 sunk by artillery at Feodosiya. Sub RO-60 wrecked at Kwajalein
1943 Free French Sub Protee sunk by aircraft of La Ciotat
1944 R.N. MTB 782 sunk by mine off the Schelde. Soviet minesweeper T-883 sunk by U-995 in the Barents sea. U-322 sunk by Frigate HMCS Calgary south of Weymouth. KM Sub support ship Nordvard bombed/sunk by RAF off Moss, Norway
 
Dec 30
1460 Battle of Wakefield
1702 Siege of St. Augustine ends
1862 Battle of Chickasaw Bayou ends
1938 Spanish Republican Destroyer Diez damaged by Nationalist warships and beached at Gibraltar. Raised, repaired and returned to service post Civil War.
1939 KM Flackship V-704 sunk by mine
1940 Trawler HMS Bandolero sunk in a collision with Destroyer HMAS Waterhen off Sollum
1941 Depot Ship HMS Kulat bombed/sunk in Klang Strait.
1942 Special Service ship HMS Fidelity sunk by U-435, LSV 752 and 754 lost as cargo.
1944 Frigate CD-20 and Sub Chaser CH-18 bombed/sunk off Lingayen Gulf. Destroyer Kuretake sunk by sub USS Razorback south of Formosa. PT Boat Tender USS Orestes damage and beached, Station Tanker USS Porcupine damaged, scuttled by Destroyer USS Gansevoort, both by Kamakazes off Leyte/Mindoro.
 
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Dec 31
1229 Aragon captures Majorca
1501 1st naval Battle of Cannanore, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Cannanore
1775 Battle of Quebec
1862 Battle of Murfreesboro begins
1941 Soviet Patrol Ship CKA-094 bombed/sunk in Kerch Strait
1942 Battle of the Barents Sea: Destroyer HMS Achates, Minesweeper HMS Bramble and KM Destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt sunk.
1943 Minesweeper HMS Clacton sunk by mine off Corsica. R.N. Motor Launch HDML 1121 sank off Pantellaria.
1944 Hungary declares War on Germany. U-2530 and Minesweeper M-445 bombed/sunk at Hamburg
1958 Honduran Air Force P-51s sink Mexican Shrimp Boats in Honduran waters
1994 Battle of Grozny begins
 
Jan 1
1776 Norfolk, Va burned by both the R.N. and Continental Army.
1863 2nd Battle of Galveston: Gunboats USS Westfield destroyed and USS Harriet Lane captured.
1943 US LCT-21 lost as cargo onboard SS Arthur Middelton when Middleton is sunk by U-73. R.N. MTB 105 scuttled after drifting away from the sinking Special Service Ship HMS Fidelity sunk by U-435 on Dec 30.
1962 USN SEALs Est.
 
Jan 2
366 Alemanni invade Gual
1492 Granada liberated
1777 Battle of Assunpink Creek
1863 Battle of Murfreesboro ends
1865 Siege of Paysandu ends
1905 Siege of Port Arthur ends
1940 Tug HMS Daisy sank between Alexandria and Tobruk
1942 Japanese capture Manilla, Clark Field and the Cavite Navy Yard. Tug Iona and Launch Camia bombed/sunk at Cavite.
1943 US troops capture Buna, New Guinea. Tug USS Grebe broken up by a Hurricane at Vuato Vatoa where she had been aground since Dec 6.
1945 Frigate CD-138 sunk by A-20s and P-38s at San Fernando. Landing Craft Depot Ship Shinshu Maru damaged by sub USS Aspro, sunk by carrier planes the next day. Trawler HMS Hayburn Wyke sunk by KM Seehund midget sub off Ostend.
1963 Battle of Ap Bac
 
3 Jan
1777 Battle of Trenton
1885 Battle of Nui Bop begins
1940 Soviet sub S-2 sunk by mine in Swedish waters. KM Minesweeper R-5 wrecked off Germany
1941 Trawler HMS New Spray sank in a gale off Sheerness
1943 Unfinished Italian Cruiser Ulpio Traiano sunk by R.N. Chariot manned torpedoes at Palermo
1944 Destroyer USS Turner sunk by internal explosions off the Ambrose Light, NY.
1945 KM Mine Layer Elsass sunk by mine in Samso Belt, Denmark
 
Jan 4
46 BC Battle of Ruspina
871 Battle of Reading
1847 1st sale of Colt Revolvers to US govt
1942 Armed Yacht HMS Sonia bombed/sunk at Poole
1943 Norwegian Patrol Boat Bodo sunk by mine off Aberdeen
1944 Soviet sub M-36 sunk by mine in Black Sea. US PT-145 ran aground and scuttled off Mindiri
1945 Escort Carrier Ommeney Bay damaged by Kamakaze and scuttled in the Sulu Sea.
1951 N. Koreans and Chinese capture Seoul
1989 2nd Gulf of Sidra Incident
 
5 Jan
1477 Battle of Nancy
1675 Battle of turckheim
1781 British burn Richmond, Va
1913 naval Battle of Lemnos
1940 Trawler HMS Kingston Cornelian sunk in a collision with French SS Chella, lost with all hands
1941 KM Patrol Ship Vp-306 sunk by mine off Ilmuiden. Patrol Ship V-303 sunk by mine.
1942 Italian sub Ammiraglio St. Bon sunk by sub HMS Upholder in the Med. Soviet Minesweeper Vrzyvatel bombed/sunk at Eupatoria
1945 IJN Landing ship T-107 sunk at Haha Jima and T-154 at Iwo Jima by US Destroyers. Midget sub Ha-71 sunk by USN PB4Ys south west of Chichi Jima. Destroyer Momi sunk by carrier planes south west of Manila
1991 South Ossetia War begins
 
6 Jan
1781 Battle of Jersey
1809 british/Portugese/Brazil invades French Guiana
1921 Iraqi Army Est
1940 French Patrol ship Bursac ran aground/sinks on Iscalons Rocks, Spain
1943 R.N. LCT 106 and 107 sink in a storm off Benghazi. U-164 sunk by USN PBY off Brazil. US Patrol Boat YP-492 sunk in a collision with YP-6713 off the east coast of Fla.
1944 Gunboat USS St. Augustine sunk in collision with SS Camas Meadows off Cape May. Trawler HMS Wallasea sunk by E Boats off Cornwall
1945 Destroyer Hinoke damaged by carrier planes, sunk next day by 4 US Destroyers. Destroyer-Minesweeper USS Long sunk by Kamakaze in Leyte Gulf
 
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