This day in military history..

April 9
1241 Battle of Legnitz
1782 naval Battle of The Saintes begins
1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill. USS Minnesota damaged by CSS Squib with a spar torpedo off Newport News.
1865 Battle of Appamattox ends. Army of Northern Virginia surrenders. Mobile Campaign: Siege of Spanish Fort ends.
1917 Battle of Arras begins
1918 4th Battle of Ypres begins
1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Norway: Norwegian sub A-2 damaged beyond repair by KM R-22 and 23 off Oslofhord, Destroyer AEger bombed/sunk off Stravenger, Destroyer Tor scuttled off Fredrikstad, raised, repaired, put in KM service, returned to Norway post War, 1st Battle of Narvik: Coast Defence Ship Eidsvold sunk by Destroyer William Heidkamp, and Norge sunk by Destroyer Bernd Von Arnim. Destroyer HMS Gurkha bombed/sunk south-east of Bergen. KM Torpedo Boat Albatross sunk, Cruiser Blucher sunk by Coast Artillery and land based torpedos at Oslofjord, Cruiser Karlsruhe torpedod in the Skagerrak and scuttled, Tanker Kattegat scuttled at Glomfjord, KM Supply Ship Main captured off Haugesund, bombed by Luftwaffe and scuttled, R-17 sunk by Minesweeper Rauma and Minelayer Olav Tryggvason, KM Supply Ship Roda captured by AEger and sunk, KM Supply Ship Rio de Janerio sunk by mine off Bergen
1941 Battle of Bataan ends. Bataan Death March begins
1942 Fleet Tug USS Napa scuttled off Corregidor. Carrier HMS Hermes, Corvette HMS Hollyhock and Destroyer HMAS Vampire bombed/sunk off Ceylon. Destroyer HMS Lance bombed/sunk at Malta. PT-34 bombed/sunk off Cauit Island, Philippines.Soviet sub ShCh-421, damaged by a mine the day before, is scuttled.
1943 Destroyer Isonami sunk by sub USS Tautog. U-733 sunk in a collision at Gotenhafen, raised.
1944 U-515 sunk by 4 US Destroyers and aircraft from USS Guadalcanal
1945 Armored Ship Adm. Scheer, U-982 and 2516 bombed/sunk at Kiel, Minesweeper M-19 bombed/beached at Kiel, U-804 and 1065 sunk by RAF Mosquitoes in the Skagerrak. IJN Minesweeper W-3 sunk by sub USS Parch off Ofunato
 
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April 10
1741 Battle of Mollwitz
1862 Battle of Ft. Pulaski begins
1865 Siege of Ft. Blakely ends
1868 Battle of Arogee
1940 Katyn Forest Massacre. KM troopship Antares sunk by HMS Sunfish in the Skagerak.Troopships Friedenau and Wigbert, Flackships V-705 and V-1507 sunk by sub HMS Triton off the Pater Noster Lighthouse. Sub HMS Tarpon sunk by Schurbek in the North Sea. Sub HMS Thistle sunk by U-4 in the North Sea. 1st naval Battle of Narvik ends: KM Destroyer Anton Schmitt sunk by Destroyer HMS Hunter, and Destroyer Wilhelm Heidkamp sunk by HMS Hardy. Supply Ship Ravenfels sunk by HMS Havoc and Hostile. Destroyer HMS Hardy sunk by KM Destroyers and Destroyer HMS Hunter shelled, beached, then rammed and sunk by Destroyer HMS Hotspur. Battle of Narvik begins.
1941 While officialy Neutral, Destroyer USS Nimblack drops depth charges on a U Boat
1942 Seaplane Tender USS Canopus scuttled off Bataan.
1943 Italian Cruiser Trieste bombed/sunk at La Maddalana, Sardinia
1944 Destroyer Escort USS Holder torpedod by German aircraft off Algiers, Towed to Oran & then to N.Y., used for parts. KM Minesweeper M-459 bombed/sunk off Estonia. U-68 sunk by aircraft from USS guadalcanal north-west of Madiera
1945 Cruiser Sleydlitz scuttled at Kiel, Torpedo Boat T-1 bombed/sunk at Kiel, and T-3 bombed/sunk in the Kattegat. U-878 sunk by Destroyer HMS Vanquisher and Corvette HMS Tintagel west of St. Nazaire
1963 USS Thresher lost in diving accident
 
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April 11
1241 Battle of Muhi
1512 Battle of Ravenna
1544 Battle of Ceresole
1809 naval Battle of the Basque Roads begins
1856 2nd Battles of Rivas
1862 Battle of Ft. Pulaski ends
1863 Siege of Suffolk, Va begins
1865 Mobile Campaign: Confederates evacuate Battery Tracy and Battery Huger, ending the Siege of the last 2 defensive works on the east side of Mobile.
1940 KM Naval Trawler Schiff 9 and Patrol Boat VP-105 sunk by mines off Bergen, Troopship August Leonhardt sunk in the Kattegat by HMS Sealion, Troopship Ionia sunk by sub HMS Triad off Larvik
1941 HMS Othello and Boom Defence Ship HMS Yorkshire Belle sunk by mines in the Humber
1942 Destroyer HMS Kingston bombed/sunk at Malta. R.N. Trawler HMS St. Cathan sunk in a collision with Dutch merchant Hebe off S. Carolina.
1943 Destroyer HMS Beverly sunk by U-188 mid Atlantic
1944 U-108 bombed/sunk at Stettin, raised and decommisioned, scuttled April '45. Destroyer Akigumo sunk by USS Refin south-west of Zanboango, Philippines
1945 KM Minesweeper TS-10 bombed/sunk off Hel, Poland. IJN Sub Chaser CH-7 bombed/sunk in the Andaman Sea.
1952 Battle of Nanri Island begins
 
April 12
238 Battle of Carthage
1204 Crusaders capture Constantinople
1861 Bombardment of Ft. Sumter begins,US Civil War begins
1862 The Great Locomotive Chase
1863 Battle of Bayou Teche begins
1864 Ft. Pillow Massacre
1865 Confederate Army of Mobile evacuates Mobile, US troops captures Montgomery, Al.
1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge ends
1935 1st flight Bristol Blenheim
1940 French Sub Chaser C107 sunk in a collision in the Loire. KM Tanker Moonsund stopped by sub HMS Snapper and sunk after crew abandoned ship. Captured Norwegian Patrol Ships Senja and Michael Sars bombed/sunk by British at Narvik, raised, repaired and returned to KM service.
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Rypa sank in a storm in Loch Ewe
1942 PT-35 scuttled while under repair at Cebu to prevent capture
1944 PT-135 scuttled after running aground off Crater Point, New Britain. USN Rescue Tug ATR-98 sunk in collision with Tug USS Abnaki west of the Azores. IJN sub I-174 bombed/sunk by USN PB4Y off Truk
1945 U-486 sunk by sub HMS Tapir north-west of Bergen. USN LST 493 wrecked/sunk off Plymouth, U.K. LCT-66 lost at Pearl Harbor, unknown causes. LCS(L)-33 and Destroyer USS Manert L Abele sunk by Kamakzes off Okinawa. IJN sub RO-64 sunk by mine in Hiroshima Bay.
 
April 13
1777 Battle of Bound Creek
1861 Ft. Sumter surrenders
1868 British captures Maqdala
1940 Norwegian Minelayer Froya scuttled, then torpedoed by U-34 off Trondheim. Torpedo Boat Storm sinks after running aground the day before off Stagholmene. KM Minesweeper M-1108 sunk in a collision in the Great Belt.
2nd naval Battle of Narvik: KM Destroyers Diether Von Roeder and Eric Giess sunk by Battleship HMS Warspite and R.N. Destroyers. Destroyer Eric Koellner damaged by Warspite and George Thiele, Hans Ludemann, Bernd Von Arnim and Wolfgang Zenker damaged by R.N. Destroyers, all scuttled. Destroyer Hermann Kurne sunk by Destroyer HMS Eskimo. Fleet Tanker Jan Wellem sunk, U-64 bombed/sunk by airplane from Warspite, only sub sunk by an airplane from a Battleship in the War. Norwegian Patrol Boat Kelt bombed/sunk by aircraft from HMS Furious.
1941 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rajputana sunk by U-108 in the Denmark Strait
1942 R.N. Trawler HMS Coral bombed/sunk at Malta. R.N. Trawler HMS Lord Snowden sunk in a collision off Falmouth
1944 Destroyer Ikazuki sunk with all hands by sub USS Harder south-east of Guam
1945 Red Army captures Vienna. KM Torpedo Boat T-16 bombed/sunk off Frederikshavn
1972 Battle of An Loc begins
 
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April 14
43 B.C. Battle of Forum Galorum
69 1st Battle of Bedriacum
1205 Battle of Adrianople
1471 Battle of Barnet
1639 Battle of Chemnitz
1940 R.N. Marines land at Namsos, Norway. Norwegian Torpedo Boat Teist scuttled in the Skagerrak. KM Supply Ship Barenfels bombed/sunk at Bergen, Troopship Florida sunk by HMS Snapper off Orost, Sweden, U Boat Support Ship Oldenburg sunk by HMS Sunfish in the Skagerrak
1941 Free French Gunboat Conquerante bombed/sunk at Fakmouth
1942 U-85 sunk by Destroyer USS Roper off Cape Hatteras. U-252 sunk by Sloop HMS Stork and Corvette HMS Vetch south-west of Ireland
1943 Norwegian Destroyer Eskdale sunk by E Boats S-90 and S-112 in the English Channel. R.N. Trawler HMS Adonis sunk by E Boats off Lowestoft. U-526 sunk by a mine off Lorient
1944 Bombay Explosion/Disaster: Indian Navy LSI HMIS El Hind & a dozen other ships lost in a cargo explosion on cargo ship Ft. Stikin. U-448 sunk by Frigate HMCS Swansea and Sloop HMS Pelican north-east of The Azores.
1945 U-235 sunk by KM Torpedo Boat T-17 in the Kattegat. U-1206 scuttled after surfacing do to, either a malfuntioning Head, or more likely striking a submerged wreck, and being detected by Allied ships. Escort Frigates CD-31 and Nomi sunk by sub USS Tirante at Saishu Island
1969 N. Korea shoots down USN EC-121 over the Sea of Japan
1988 USS Samuel B Roberts damaged by mine in the Persian Gulf
1994 USAF F-15s shoot down 2 US Army UH-60 over Iraq.
 
April 15
1071 Robert Guisard captures Bari
1395 Battle of Terek River
1450 Battle of Formingny
1632 Battle of Rain
1642 Battle of Kilrush
1864 Red River campaign:Ironclad USS Eastport strikes a torpedo and is beached 40 miles south of Grand Ecore, La
1900 Siege of Catobig begins
1940 KM Minesweepers Carsten Janssen and H M Behrens sunk by HMS Snapper. U-49 sunk by Detroyers HMS Rearless and Brazen off Harstad. Flakship VP-811 sank in the North Sea, raised, repaired, returned to service. Gunnery Training ship Brummer sunk after being torpedoed the day before by sub HMS Sterlet in the Kattegat. Norwegian subs A-3 and 4 scuttled at Tonsberg.
1942 PT-41 scuttled at Mindanao
1943 Italian sub Archimede sunk by USN PBY off Brazil. USN Patrol Boat YP-453 ran aground and sank on the Bahama Bank
1944 IJN Minesweeper W-7 sunk by sub HMS Storm off the Nicobars
1945 Frigate HMS Ekin damaged beyond repair by a mine off Ostend. KM Minesweeper M-368 sunk in collision with a U Boat. U-103 bombed/sunk at Kiel. U-285 sunk by frigates HMS Grinda and Keats south-west of Ireland. U-1063 sunk by Frigate HMS Loch Killin west of Land's End. U-1235 sunk by Destroyer Escorts USS Stanton and Frost. Patrol Boat VS-58 sunk by mine north-east of Kiel
1952 1st flight B-52
1986 US bombs Libya
 
April 16
73 Romans capture/occupy Masada
1746 Battle of Culloden
1799 Battle of Mount Tabor
1862 Battle of Lee's Mill
1863 USN squadron runs the Vicksburg batteries losing one Transport
1940 KM Flackship PV-1703 sunk by HMS Narwhal, raised, repaired, returned to service.
1941 Battle of the Tarigo Convoy: Destroyer HMS Mohawk and Italian Destroyers Belano and Luca Tarigo sunk, Destroyer Lampo beached, repaired, and returned to service
1942 Free French Naval Trawler Vikings sunk by U-81 off Beirut
1943 Destroyer HMS Pakenham and Italian Torpedo boat Cigno sunk south-east of Marettimo Island
1944 U-550 sunk by 3 US Destroyers off New Jersey. IJN Coast Defence Frigate CD-73 sunk by USS Redfin off Japan.
1945 Battle of Seelow Heights begins. Minesweeper HMCS Esquimalt sunk by U-190 off Chebucto Head, Nova Scotia, last Canadian Navy ship sunk. KM Transport Goya sunk by Soviet Sub L-3 off Hela, 6,200-7,000 refugees killed. Armored Ship Lutzow bombed/sunk. U-78 sunk by Soviet field artillery at Pillau. U-880 sunk by Destroyer Escorts USS Stanton and Frost south-west of Ireland. U-1274 sunk by Destroyer HMS Viceroy north of Newcastle. Destroyer USS Pringle sunk by Kamakazes off Okinawa.
 
April 17
1555 Siege of Sienna ends, as does the Sienna Republic
1863 Grierson's Raid begins
1864 Battle of Plymouth begins
1865 Wilson's Raid: Union troops capture Columbus, Ga., the Columbus Navy Yard, & the incomplete Ironclad CSS Jackson. Gunboat CSS Chattahoochee is scuttled by her crew.
1941 Yugoslavia surrenders: Destroyers Beograd and Dubrovnik captured, and Zagreb scuttled, at Cattero. Wrecked destroyer Ljubjuna captured at Sebnico. Minelayer Zmaj at Split.
1943 U-175 sunk by USCG Cutter Spencer south-west of Ireland
1944 R.N. MTB 266 sinks at Alexandria from damage from gunfire suffered on 9 March '44. U-342 sunk by RCAF PBY south-west of Iceland. U-986 sunk by Minesweeper USS Swift and USN Patrol Boat PC-619 south-west of Ireland.
1945 Brazilian troops capture Montese, Italy from the Germans. R.N. MTB 697 sunk by mine in the Adriatic.
1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion begins
1975 Khmer Rouge capture Phnom Penh, Cambodian Civil War ends
 
April 18
1775 Paul Revere's Ride
1797 Battle of Neuwied
1847 Battle of Cerro Gordo
1864 Battle of Dybbol
1940 Norwegian Torpedo Boat Sael sunk by E Boats and Grib and Jo scuttled. KM Flackship V-709 sunk in the Bay of Biscay
1941 R.N. Trawler HMS Young Earnie sunk in a collision in the Tyne. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Fiona bombed/sunk off Sidi Barrani
1942 "30 Seconds over Tokyo": The Doolittle Raid
1943 Adm. Yamamoto shot down over Bouganville. Sub HMS Regent sunk by mine north of Barletta, Italy, and sub HMS P 615 sunk by U-123.
1944 Sub USS Gudgeon bombed/sunk off Iwo Jima. Soviet Sub L-6 sunk by Sub Chaser UJ-104 east of Constanta.
1988 USN sinks an Iranian Frigate and Patrol Boat and damage another Frigate
 
April 19
531 Battle of Callincium
1677 French capture Cambrai
1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord
1809 Battle of Raszyn. Battle of Thann
1862 Battle of New Orleans begins
1863 naval Battle of Plymouth: CSS Albemarle sinks USS Southport and damages/drives off USS Miami
1941 KM Minesweeper M-1101 sunk by Free French Sub Minerve in the North Sea. R.N. Trawler HMS Kopanes bombed/sunk near Coquet Island
1944 U-974 sunk by Norwegian sub Ula at Stavenger
1945 Unfinished Italian Aircraft Carrier Aquila scuttled at Genoa by the Germans. KM Minesweeper M-403 bombed/sunk in the Kateggat. U-251 sunk by Mosquitos in the Kattegat. U-548 sunk by Destroyer Escorts USS Buckley and Ruben James. Destroyer-Minelayer USS Tolman ran aground, refloated April 24, repaired and returned to service
1989 USS Iowa turret explosion
 
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April 20
1657 Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
1689 Siege of Derry begins
1770 Battle of Aspindza
1775 Siege of Boston begins
1809 Battle of Abensberg
1861 USN burns and abandonds the Norfolk Navy Yard
1864 Battle of Plymouth ends
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Rutlandshire bombed/sunk off Namsos. Norwegian Patrol Boat Smart sunk by KM Gunnery Training ship Bremse at Uskedel. Torpedo Boat Stegg sunk by KM Schiff 21 at Hardangerfjord and Minelayer Tyr is scuttled there
1941 R.N. Harbor Defence Motor Launches HDML 1003 and 1037 lost as deck cargo when Empire Endurance is sunk by U-73 south-west of Rockall. R.N. Trawler HMS Topaze rammed/sunk by Battleship HMS Rodney off the Clyde. Greek Destroyer Psara bombed/sunk in Saronic Gulf. Destroyer Vasilfs Georgios scuttled at Salomis Navy Base, raised, repaired and entered KM service as Hermes.
1942 Destroyer HMS Cotswold damaged by a mine and beached, refloated, repaired and returned to service
1944 Destroyer USS Lansdale torpedoed/sunk by JU-88s off Algeria. KM Ammo ship Voorbode blows up off Bergen.
1961 Bay of Pigs invasion ends
 
April 21
43 B.C. Battle of Mutina
1526 1st Battle of Panipat
1809 Battle of Eckmuhl begins
1836 Battle of San Jacinto
1899 Norway adopts the Krag-Jorgensen
1918 The Red Baron shot down
1941 Greek Destroyer Thyella bombed/sunk off Piraeus
1942 R.N. Trawler HMS Jade bombed/sunk in The Grand Harbor, Malta
1943 Sub HMS Splendid damaged by KM Destroyer Hermes and scuttled off Corsica.
1944 KM Minelayer Roland sunk by mine in the Gulf of Finland
1945 KM Minelayer Ostmark bombed/sunk west of Anholt, Denmark. U-636 sunk by Frigates HMS Drury and Bentinch west of Scotland
 
April 23
1014 Battle of Clontarf
1521 Battle of Villalar
1655 Siege of Santo Domingo begins
1918 Destroyer USS Stewart sinks a U Boat off France.
1940 U.K. CAM ship SS Daghestan sunk by U-57 east of the Orkneys. KM Minesweeper Schwaben sunk by mine in the Kattegat. Submarine Hunter UJ-B sunk by sub HMS Tetrarch in the Skategat
1941 Italian Armed Merchant Crusier Egeo sunk by R.N. Destroyers off Tripoli. Greek Battleships Kilkis and Limnos sunk by JU-87s at Salamis. Greek Torpedo Boat Doris scuttled at Porto Rafti, and Kios sunk at Piraeus. Minelayer Nestos sunk in Corinth Bay.
1943 U-189 sunk by RAF B-24 east of Cape Farewell. U-191 sunk by Destroyer HMS Hesperus south east of Cape Farewell. IJN Patrol Boat PB-39 sunk by USS Seawolf off the Bonins. USN Patrol Boar YP-422 run aground and sunk off New Caladonia.
1944 Destroyer Amagiri sunk by a mine in the Makassar Strait south of Balikpapan
1945 USN Patrol Boat 56 sunk by U-853 off Cape Elizebeth, Maine. U-183 sunk by Sub USS Besugo in the Java Sea.
1949 Red Chinese Navy(PLA-N) Est.
 
April 24
1547 Battle of Muhlberg
1778 USS Ranger captures HMS Drake off Ireland
1862 Battle of New Orleans: US fleet fights its way past Ft. St. Phillip and Ft. Jackson and destroys the CS fleet above the Forts.
1918 1st Tank Battle fought at Villers-Breto Meux, France 3 British Mk IVs vs 3 German A7Vs.
1941 Italian Torpedo Boat Simone Schiaffino sunk by a mine off Cape Bon, Tunisia. Armed Yacht HMS Calonthe bombed/sunk off Milos. Sub HMS Rover damaged by bombs at Suda Bay and beached, refloated, repaired, returned to service. Greek Torpedo Boats Aigli, Alkyoni and Arethousa scuttled.
1943 Sub HMS Sahib damaged by JU-88 and 3 Italian ships off Cape Milazzo and scuttled. U-710 sunk by RAF B-17 south of Iceland.
1944 R.N. LST 407 damaged by grounding near Naples and not repaired. R.N. MTB 671 sunk by KM Destroyers off Cape Barfluer. Rescue Tug HMS Roode Zee sunk by E Boat S-100 off Dungeness
1945 U-108 scuttled at Stettin. Destroyer Escort USS Frederick C Davis sunk by U-546, she in turn is sunk by 9 other USN Destroyer Escorts south east of Cape Farewell
1980 "Desert One" Disaster
 
April 25
1607 naval Battle at Gibraltar
1707 Battle of Almansa
1862 US fleet arrives at New Orleans as CS forces evacuate.
1864 Battle of Mark's Mill
1915 Battle of Gallipoli begins
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Bradman bombed/sunk off Norway. R.N. Trawler HMS Hammond bombed/sunk off Norway, raised, repaired, put into KM service as Salier. R.N. Trawler HMS Larwood bombed/sunk off Molde, Norway, raised, repaired and put into KM service as Franke. KM Schiff 18 damaged by shore battery and beached at Utne.
1941 Greek Torpedo Boat Kyzikos bombed/sunk, and Pergamos scuttled, at Salamis
1943 KM Minesweeper M-471 bombed/sunk off Den Holder. U-203 sunk by Destroyer HMS Pathfinder and Swordfish from HMS Biter south of Cape Farewell. USN Patrol Boat YP-481 ran aground and sank off Charleston, S.C.
1944 KM Torpedo Boat TA-23 damaged by mine off Capri and scuttled by TA-29 when attacked by R.N. MTBs. U-488 sunk by 3 USN Destroyer escorts west of the Cape Verdes
1945 KM Aircraft Carrier Graf Zeppelin scuttled at Stettin. Torpedo Boat TA-32 scuttled at Genoa. U-326 sunk by USN PB4Y west of Brest. IJN Minesweeper W-41 sunk by USS Cod
1951 Battle of Kapyong ends
 
April 26
1805 US Marines capture Derna, Tripoli "The halls of Tripoli"
1864 Red River Campaign: The Fed. fleet & Union Army continues its retreat. Ironclad USS Eastport, beached on April 15th after striking a torpedo, is burned to prevent capture. CS field artillery attacks stragglers damaging Gunboat USS Cricket, killing 12 and wounding 19 of her 50 complement. A shell explodes pump boat Champion No. 3's boiler, destroying her and killing 189 of 204 onboard.
1865 Gen. Joe Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee in N.C.
1915 Italy declares War on Austria-Hungary
1937 Guernica Air Raid
1940 Norwegian Destroyer Garm bombed/sunk at Bjordal. KM Schiff 37 sunk west of Alesund
1941 Greek Torpedo Boat Kydonia bombed/sunk south of Peleponnesos
1942 Destroyer USS Sturdevant sunk by mine north of Key West. IJN sub RO-30 sunk by sub USS Tautog near Johnson Island
1943 USN Patrol Boat YP-47 sunk in a collision with USN Minesweeper YMS-110 off Statin Island, NY
1944 U-488 sunk by 3 USN Destroyer Escorts west of the Cape Verde Islands. KM Torpedo Boat T-29 sunk off Jentilez, France. IJN sub I-180 sunk by Destroyer Escort USS Gilmore south-west of Cherikof Island, Alaska
1945 Battle of Bautzen ends
1952 Destroyer USS Hobson sunk in a collision with USS Wasp
 
April 28
1503 Battle of Cerignola
1789 Mutiny on the Bounty
1862 Battle of New Orleans: The Garrison of Ft. Jackson mutinys and forces the surrender of it and Ft. St. Philip
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Cape Siretoko bombed/sunk west coast of Norway, raised, repaired and put in KM service as Gote V-6113
1941 U-65 sunk by Destroyer HMS Douglas. R.N. Trawler HMS Caroline sunk with all hands by a mine off Milford Haven. R.N. LCT-5 bombed, beached, abandoned at Monemvassia, Greece. R.N. Lighter A-15 bombed/sunk between Suda Bay and Monemvassia. Greek Minelayer Aixos sunk at Syros.
1942 Tug HMS West Dean bombed/sunk at Malta
1943 KM Patrol Ship UJ-1402 sunk off Lannion, France. R.N. MTB-639 sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Sagittaro off Pantellaria
1944 USN LST-507 and 531 sunk by E Boats off Slapton Sands
1945 Minesweeper USS Skylark sunk by mine off Okinawa. R.N. Minesweeper BYMS 2053 sunk by mine off Porto Corsini, Italy. U-56 bombed/sunk at Kiel
1965 US invades the Dominican Republic
 
April 29
711 Muslims invade Spain
1091 Battle of Levonnion
1483 Gan Canaria captured by Castile
1521 Battle of Vasteras
1587 Cadiz Raid
1781 Battle of Ft. Royal, Marinique
1814 USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier
1863 Battle of Chancellorsville begins
1916 Siege of Kut ends
1940 Sub HMS Unity sunk in a collision in the Tyne. R.N. Trawler HMS Cape Chelyoski bombed/sunk off Trondhiem
1941 Patrol Ship HMS Passac bombed/sunk at Plymouth, raised, repaired, returned to service. R.N. Motor Launch ML 278 sunk with all hands by a mine at Portsmouth. Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Chakla bombed/sunk at Tobruk
1942 Sub HMS Urge sunk by Italian biplane off Ras Hilal
1943 U-332 sunk by RAF B-24 north of Cape Finestere.
1944 PT 346 and 347 sunk by US Navy aircraft off New Britain. I-183 sunk by Sub USS Pogy off Japan. I-44 sunk by USN TBM Avenger from USS Tulagi. KM Torpedo Boat T 27 sunk off France. Destroyer HMCS Athabaskan sunk by KM Torpedo Boat T 24 off France. Vichy French Gunboat Tahure sunk by USS Flaser off Cape Varella, F.I.C.
1945 KM Frigate F 5 sunk by mine off Copenhagen. Frigate HMS Goodall sunk by U-286, in turn sunk by 3 R.N. Frigates in the Kola Inlet. U-307 sunk by Frigate HMS Loch Insh near Murmansk. U-1017 bombed/sunk by RAF B-24 west of Scotland. KM Submarine Tender/Supply ship Quito sunk by USS Bream off Borneo.
1970 US and S. Vietnam invades Cambodia
 
April 30
313 Battle of Tzirallum
1557 Battle of Mataquito
1863 Battle of Camerone
1937 Spanish Nationalist Navy Battleship Espana sunk by mine off Cape Penas
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Jardine bombed/damaged the day before is scuttled off Trondheim, raised, repaired, put in KM service as V-6117. Sloop HMS Bittern bombed at Namsos and scuttled. Minesweeper Dunoon sunk by mine off Great Yarmouth. R.N. Trawler HMS Warwickshire bombed/sunk off Trondheim, raised, repaired, put in KM service as Alame. French Destroyer Maille Breze sunk by discharge and explosion of own torpedo near her Bridge. KM Torpedo Boat Leopard sunk in collision with Minelayer Preussen in the Skagerrak
1941 Tug HMS Peuplier bombed/sunk off Plymouth. R.N. Trawler HMS Trusty Star bombed/sunk at Malta, raised, repaired, put back into service. Patrol Ship HMIS Parvati sunk by mine in the Red Sea
1943 U-227 sunk by an RAAF Hampden off Iceland
1945 U-879 sunk by 4 USN ships east of Cape Hatteras. U-1107 sunk by USN PB4Y west of Brest
1975 Saigon falls, Vietnam War ends
 
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