This day in military history..

Nov 12
764 Tibet occupies the Tang Dynasty Capitol Changan for 15 days
1330 Battle of Posada begins
1939 Trawler HMS Cape Comorin run aground & sank at Whitby. Raised, repaired & returned to service.
1940 Battle of Gabon ends
1941 Soviet Cruiser Chervona Ukrania & Destroyer Besposhchadny bombed/damaged by Ju-87s off Sevastopol. Trawler HMS Frankolin bombed/sunk by Do-217 off Happisburgh
1942 Naval Battle of Guadalcanal begins. U-272 sunk in collision with U-634 off Hela, Pomerania. Gunboat USS Erie damaged by U-163 off Curacao.
Operation Torch: Aux anti-aircraft ship HMS Tynwald sunk by Italian sub Argo off Bougie, Algeria. Monitor HMS Roberts bombed/damaged off Bougie. US Troopships USS Tasker H. Bliss, Hugh L. Scott & Edward Rutledge sunk by U-130 off Fedala. Destroyer Tender HMS Hecla sunk, & Destroyer HMS Marne damaged, by U-515 west of Gibraltar. Infantry Landing Ship HMS Karanja bombed/sunk off Bougie.
1943 U-508 sunk by US B-24 in Bay of Biscay. R.N. Motor Launch ML 358 lost off Leros. Aux. Minesweeper Misago Maru sunk by Sub USS Harder north of the Marianas
1944 KM Battleship Tirpitz sunk by RAF Lancasters at Tromso. KM Minesweepers M-416 and 427 sunk by R.N. ships off Egersund. IJN sub I-88 sunk by Destroyer USS Nickolas. Aux. Sub chaser CHa-84 sunk by US aircraft off Bilibac
2001 Taliban evacuates Kabul
 
Nov 13
1474 Battle of Hericourt
1642 Battle of Turnham Green
1775 Americans occupies Montreal
1914 Battle of El Herri, Morrocco
1939 Destroyer HMS Blanch sunk by mines in the Thames Estuary. KM Minesweeper M-41 run aground in the North Sea & M-132 damaged/beached after explosion of one of her depth charges, declared total loss
1940 Soviet sub Dekabrisk sank during training mission in Motovsky Bay. Boom Defence Vessel HMS Ristango sunk by a boom at Sheerness
1941 Soviet Cruiser Chervona Ukraina beached/sunk from previous damage in Black Sea. Destroyer Surovy, Minesweeper T-206 & Sub Chaser M0 301 sunk by mines in Gulf of Finland. Carrier HMS Arc Royal damaged by U-81 near Gibraltar
1942 British capture Tobruk.
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: IJN Destroyers Akatsuki & Yudachi sunk. Anti Aircraft Cruisers USS Atlanta & Juneau, Destroyers Barton, Cushing Laffey & Monssen sunk.
Operation Torch: Dutch Destroyer Isaac Sweers sunk by U-431 n.w. of Algiers. U-411 sunk by RAF Hudson west of Gibraltar. Vichy French sub Le Conquerant sunk by US aircraft off Casablanca
1943 Destroyer HMS Dulverton sunk by Do-217 using an Hs 293 glide bomb off Kos. I-34 sunk by sub HMS Taurus in the Malacca Strait
1944 Cruiser Kisu, Destroyers Akebono, Akishimo, Okinami, and Hatsuharu, Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-116, Guard Ship Daito Maru sunk by US carrier planes in Manila Bay. Sub I-12 sunk by Minesweeper USS Ardent & USCG Rockford off Kauai, Hawaii. KM Minesweeper M-427 wrecked off Sogndalstrand, Norway, and minesweeper R-32 sunk by British aircraft off Lindenes.
 
Nov 14
1846 US captures Tampico
1910 Civilian pilot Eugene Ely becomes the 1st to fly a plane off a ship, USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads
1940 Tug HMS Restango sinks in the Thames Estuary
1941 HMS Ark Royal sinks from the previous days damage. Soviet sub L-2 sunk by mines off Keri Island. Soviet Destroyer Gordyi sunk by mine in Gulf of Finland. Finnish Minelayer Paukku founders in a storm off Vyborg.
1942 Operation Torch: Troopship USS Electra torpedoed/beached off Casablanca, repaired & returned to service. British troopship Warwick Castle sunk by U-413 off Portugal. U-595 sunk by 2 RAF Hudsons n.e. of Oran. U-605 sunk by RAF Hudson off Algiers. Naval Battle of Guadalcanal IJN Battleship Hiei sunk by US warships & aircraft. Cruiser Kinugusu sunk by US aircraft.
1943 R.N. LCT 333, 343, and 285 founder in a storm off Land's End.
1944 Frigate CD-7 sunk by Sub USS Ray off Cape Bolinao.
1965 Battle of the Ia Drang Valley begins
2001 Northern Alliance occupies Kabul
 
Nov 15
655 Battle of Winwaed
1315 Battle of Morgarten
1705 Battle of Zsibo
1864 Sherman finishes destroying Atlanta
1940 Trawler HMS Dungeness bombed & beached off Happisburgh, total loss. Tug HMS Guardsman sunk by mine at mouth of Thames Estuary
1941 U-580 sunk in collision with U-153 in the Baltic. Soviet Patrol ship CKA-011 bombed/sunk off Sevastopol. Minesweeper/Trawler T-889 sunk with all hands By U-752 south east of Cape Ostrye Ludke
1942 Operation Torch: U-259 sunk by RAF Hudson with a direct hit that also brought down the Hudson north of Algiers. Escort Carrier HMS Avenger & troopship Ettrick sunk by U-155 north west of Gibraltar. Minesweeper HMS Algerine sunk by Italian sub Ascianghi off Bougie. U-98 sunk by Destroyer HMS Wrestler south west of Cape St. Vincent. Vichy French sub Le Tonnant scuttled off Cadiz
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Pt 2: Battleship Kirishima & Destroyer Ayanami heavily damaged by Battleship USS Washington, both scuttled by IJN ships. Destroyers USS Walke, Preston & Benham sunk.
1943 Destroyer HMS Quail damaged by mine & beached off Bari, eventually sank under tow on May 18, 1944.
1944 I.J. Army Escort Carrier/Transport Akitsu Maru sunk by USS Queenfish with 2,046 casualties, mostly members of the 64th Inf. Regt. Italian Sub Luigi Settembrini accidently rammed/sunk by escorting Destroyer Escort USS Frament.
 
Nov 16
1532 Battle of Cajamarca
1776 1st foreign salute to US flag by Dutch fort on St. Eustatius, West Indies to Continental Navy ship. Battle of Ft. Washington, NY.
1805 Battle of Schongrabern
1863 Battle of Campbell's Station
1864 Sherman's main body begins the March to the Sea
1939 R.N. MTB 6 rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Dainty while under tow by Dainty off Sardinia
1940 Trawler HMS Arsenal sunk in a collision with Polish Destroyer Burza in the Clyde Estuary. KM Weather Ship Hinrich Freese wrecked on Jan Mayen.
1941 U-433 sunk by Corvette HMS Marigold east of Gibraltar
1942 U-173 sunk by Destroyers USS Woolsey, Swanson and Quick off Casablanca. Greek sub Triton sunk by KM Sub Chaser UJ-2102 off Euboia.
1943 Sub USS Corvina sunk by I-176 off Truk. U-280 sunk by RAF B-24 south west of Ireland. R.N. LCT 322 sank off Gijon, Spain. R.N. LCT 418 sank in a storm off the north west coast of France. Minelayer Ukishima sank north of Oshima Island, possibly by a mine.
 
19 Nov
636 Battle of Qadisiya ends
1885 Battle of Slivnitsa ends
1912 Serbs liberate Bitola from the Ottomans
1917 Destroyer USS Chauncey rammed/sunk by British SS Rose west of Gibraltar
1940 Trawler HMS Fontenoy bombed/sunk off Lowestoft
1941 KM Raider Kormoran and Cruiser HMAS Sydney sink each other off Western Australia, Sydney lost with all hands. E Boat S-41 sunk in a collision with S-47.
1942 Whaler HMS Ullswater sunk by E Boats in the English Channel. KM Auxiliary MN-01 shelled/beached in Varangerfjord. Sperrbrecher 169 sunk by mine in Helgefjord. US Patrol Boat YP-26 destroyed by a explosion while hauled out on a marine railway at Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone.
1943 U-211 sunk by RAF Wellington east of The Azores. USN Sub Chaser SC-1067 sank off Attu, Alaska Territory. PT-147 ran aground and was scuttled off Teliata Point, New Guinea.
1944 Sub I-37 sunk by Destroyers USS Conklin and McCoy Reynolds. Sub Chaser CH-36 bombed/sunk by USN aircraft off Subic Bay. Sub USS Sculpin damaged by Destroyer Yamagumo and scuttled north of the Mariannas. KM Gun Ferry AF-18 bombed/sunk by Soviet aircraft. Battle of Vianden.
 
Nov 20
1194 Holy Roman Empire captures Palermo
1739 Battle of Portobello
1759 naval Battle of Quiberon Bay
1776 Battle of Ft. Lee
1845 naval Battle of Vuelta de Obligado
1917 Battle of Cambrai begins. U Boat sunk by 3 US Destroyers off of France
1939 Minesweeping Trawler HMS Mastiff destroyed by German mine it was trying to retrieve for investigation near the Tongue Lightship. KM Patrol ship V-209 sunk by HMS Sturgeon off Heligoland
1940 Hungary joins the Axis. R.A.N.Trawler HMAS Gooranai sunk with all hands when cut in two by Troopship MV Duntroon at the mouth of Port Phillip Bay. KM E Boat S-38 sunk by Destroyers HMS Campbell & Garth off Lowestoft. Italian Torpedo Boat Confienza sunk in collision with Armed Merchant Cruiser Capitano A Cecchi off Brindisi
1941 Germans capture Rostov.
1942 British capture Benghazi. US Patrol Ship YP-405 sunk by an explosion in the Caribbean Sea. R.N. LCT 120 sank in a storm. soviet destroyer Sokrushitelny almost breaks in two in a storm, sinks on 22nd.
1943 US invades Makin & Tarawa. USN PT-147 runs aground, destroyed to prevent capture, at Teliata Point, New Guinea. Minesweeper USS Discoverer run aground & heavily damaged off Prince Rupert Island, Canada, refloated, repaired & returned to service. U-536 sunk by 1 British & 2 Canadian Corvettes east of the Azores. U-768 sunk in collision with U-745 in Gulf of Danzig
1944 Oiler USS Mississinewa sunk by Kaiten manned torpedo at Ulithi. KM Torpedo Boat T-34 sunk by mine off Cape Arkona, Germany. Troopship Fusilier sunk by Soviet Army artillery at Polangen, Lithuania. Patrol Ship V-5107 sunk off Os, Norway. Aux minelayer Ma-4 sunk by sub HMS Tally Ho off Car Nicobar. Minesweeper W-38 sunk by sub USS Atule west of Takao, Formosa
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis ends
 
Nov 21
1386 Tamerlane captures/sacks Tbilisi
1894 Japan captures Port Arthur
1910 Brazilian Navy Mutiny begins
1916 Hospital Ship HMS Brittanic sunk by mine off Kea, Greece
1918 High Seas Fleet surrenders at Rosyth
1939 Destroyer HMS Gipsy sunk by mine off Harwich. French Aux. minesweeper Ste. Claire sunk by mine in the strait of Dover.
1940 Greeks capture Koritza, Albania. Trawler HMS Xmas Rose sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary
1941 KM Patrol ship V-112 sunk by mine. R.N. Motor Launch ML 219 wrecked at Stonoway.
1942 U-517 sunk by Albacores from HMS Victorious
1943 U-538 sunk by HMS Crane and Foley
1944 Partisans capture Tirana & Romanians capture Pristina. Battleship Kongo & Destroyer Urakaze sunk by USS Sealion, Ukakaze lost with all hands
1962 Sino-Indian War ends
1970 Son Tay Prison Raid
1971 Battle of Garibpur begins
 
Nov 22
845 Battle of Ballon
1718 Blackbeard killed by R.N. Boarding Party off N. Carolina
1757 Battle of Breslau
1861 Bombardment begins between US Navy ships & Ft. Pickens vs C.S. held Ft. McRee, Ft. Barrancas & the Pensacola Navy Yard.
1864 Union troops capture Georgia's Capitol, Millidgeville
1914 1st Battle of Ypres ends
1915 Battle of Ctesiphon begins
1939 Trawler HMS Aragonite sunk by mine off Deal. Destroyer HMS Bruce expended as a target off the Isle of Wight.
1940 R.N. Motor Launch ML 127 sunk with all hands by a mine off Clacton-on-Sea. Trawler HMS Ethel Taylor sunk by a mine at the mouth of the Tyne
1941 KM Raider Atlantis sunk by Cruiser HMS Devonshire in S. Atlantic. Trawler HMS St. Apollo sunk in collision with Destroyer HMS Sarconyx north west of the Isle of Lewis. KM aux. minesweeper M-1706 sunk by mine off Libau.
1942 Soviet Destroyer Sokrushitelny, heavily damaged & almost broke in two on the 20th, founders in Barents Sea
1943 Minesweeper HMS Hebe sunk by mine off Bari. Boom Defence Vessel HMS Barflake sunk by mine off Naples. R.N. MTB 686 and Norwegian MTB 626 burn at Lerwick.
1944 Sub HMS Strategem sunk by IJN Sub Chaser CH-35 in the Strait of Malacca. Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-82 sunk by US aircraft off Sabah.
1971 Battle of Garibpur ends
 
Nov 23
1248 Siege of Seville ends
1510 Ottomans sack Kutaisi, Capitol of the Kingdom of Imereti
1808 Battle of Tudela
1861 Pensacola Bay bombardment ends
1863 Battle of Chattanooga begins
1934 1st flight Dornier Do-17
1939 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rawalpindi sunk by KM Battleships Scharnhorst & Gneisenau north of the Faroe Islands
1940 Romania joins the Axis.
1941 L.S.I. HMS Glenroy torpedoed by aircraft in the Med & beached at Mursa Matruh. Repaired & returned to service.
1942 KM Minesweeper M-101 sunk in a collision with a steamer off Namsos.
1943 Battles of Makin & Tarawa end. IJN sub I-35 shelled by Destroyers USS Meade & Frazier & Battleship Tennessee, rammed & sunk by Frazier west of Tarawa. PT-322 ran aground off Harderberg Point, New Guinea, and was scuttled. Whaler HMS Santa sunk by mine off Sardinia. Frigate Wakamiya sunk by sub USS Gudgeon south of Shusha Island
 
Nov 24
1429 Siege of Charite begins
1542 Battle of Solway Moss
1850 Battle of Lottorf
1863 Battle of Lookout Mountain: "The battle above the clouds"
1940 Slovak Republic joins the Axis. Trawler HMS Amethyst sunk by mine in the Thames Estuary. Armed Yacht HMS Gael sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber
1941 Cruiser HMS Dunedin sunk by U-124 off Recife
1942 Destroyer Hayashiro bombed by US and RAAF aircraft, scuttled in Huon Gulf.
1943 Carrier USS Liscome Bay sunk by I-175 off the Gilberts. R.N. MTB 73 bombed/sunk off La Maddalena. Ex-French Cruiser Jeanne de Vienne, Destroyer Aigle, Escort SG-21, Minesweepers R-1, R-3, E Boat S-56, and Corvette TA-12 bombed/sunk at Toulon by US bombers.
1944 R.N. MTBs 287 and 371 wrecked off Levrera Island, Yugoslavia. IJN Landing Ships T-111, T-141, and T-160 bombed/sunk by P-40s and P-47s at Port Cataingan, Masbate
 
Nov 25
1177 Battle of Montgisard
1758 British capture Ft. Duquesne
1783 British evacuate New York City.
1863 Battle of Missionary Ridge: Siege of Chattanooga ends
1904 Battle of Alurisfontein
1917 Battle of Ngomano
1918 Gen. Von Lettow-Vorbeck surrenders his troops in East Africa.
1939 KM Flackship V-301 sunk by mine off Denmark
1940 1st flights of the Mosquito and B-26. Trawlers HMS Kennymore, sunk by mine, and HMS Conquistador, sunk by collision, in the Thames Estuary. R.N. Motor Launch ML 111 sunk by mine at the mouth of the Humber
1941 Italian Armed Merchant Cruiser Attilo Deffenu sunk by sub HMS Thrasher off Brindisi. Minesweeper Zirona bombed/beached at Benghazi. Battleship HMS Barham sunk by U-331 off Alexandria. Trawlers HMS Jacques Morgand and HMS Fisher Girl bombed/sunk at Falmouth. KM Flackship V-412 sunk by R.N. MTBs off St. Pol, France, raised, repaired, returned to service as V-805.
1942 KM Minesweeper M-101 sunk in a collision with SS Levant off Norway. Sub HMS Utmost sunk by Italian Torpedo Boat Groppo south west of Sicily. Trawler HMS Leyland sunk in a collision off Gibraltar
1943 I-19 sunk by Destroyer USS Radford west of Makin. U-600 sunk by Frigates HMS Bazely and Blackwood. U-849 sunk by USN PB4Y west of the Congo. RO-100 sunk by mine off Buin. Battle of Cape St. George: Destroyers Makanami, Onami and Yugiri sunk.
1944 Cruiser Kumano, Sub Chaser CH-46, Escort Yasojima, Landing Ships T-6, T-10, T-113, T-142, and T-161 sunk by USN aircraft in the Philippines. Frigate CD-38 sunk by USS Hardhead, Destroyer Shimotsuki sunk by sub USS Cavalla, Patrol Boat PB-38 sunk by sub USS Atule. U-482 sunk by Frigate HMS Ascencion. Corvette HMCS Shawinigan sunk by U-1228 in the Cabot Strait
1950 Battle of Chongchon River begins
1952 Battle of Triangle Hill ends
 
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Nov 26
1161 naval Battle of Caishi begins
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.
1944 Minesweeper W-18 bombed by B-24s off Hainan, sinks next day.
2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attack begins
 
Nov 27
1382 Battle of Roosebeke
1863 Battle of Mine Run begins
1868 Battle of the Washita
1940 Trawler HMS Elk sunk by mine off Plymouth. Aux. Minelayer HMS Port Napier blew up and sank at Loch Alsh, Scotland. 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. Italian Torpedo Boat Circe sunk in a collision with a steamer north of Sicily.
1943 R.N. Motor Launch ML 126 lost off the west coast of Italy
1944 Battle of Peleliu ends. 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 28
1443 Albanians under Skanderbeg retake Ktuja from the Ottomans
1627 naval Battle of Oliva
1666 Battle of Rullion Green
1862 Battle of Cane Hill, Ark
1899 Battle of Modder River
1939 R.F.A. Tanker Birchol wrecked at South Uist
1940 Trawler HMS Manx Prince sunk by mine off Spurn Point, Yorkshire
1941 U-95 sunk by Dutch sub O-21 east of Gibraltar. Finnish Minelayer Porkkala sunk by mine off Kolvisto.
1942 Transport USS Alchiba damaged by IJN midget sub Ha-10, beached near Lunga Point, Guadalcanal. destroyer HMS Ithurial bombed and damaged beyond repair at Bone, Algeria.
1943 U-542 sunk by RAF Wellington north of Madeira
1944 U-80 sank in a diving accident while training off Pillau. I-365 sunk by USS Scabbardfish south east of Yokosuka. I-44 sunk by 4 US Destroyers in Leyte Gulf. Sub Chaser CH-53 & Patrol Boat PB-105 sunk by US warships in Leyte Gulf. Soviet Minesweeper T-387 sunk by U-481 off Estonia.
1980 Operation Morvarid: Iran destroys most of the Iraqi Navy
 
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 Duntroon 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. River Gunboat Fushimi sunk by aircraft in the Yangtze near Anking, raised but not returned to service.
 
Nov 30
1707 2nd Siege of Pensacola ends
1718 Siege of Fredriksten ends(Swedish calendar)
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. Finnish Coast Guard boat AV-45 sunk by Soviet destroyer Gordy. 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 officially ends
 
Dec 1
1863 Battle of Mine Run ends
1940 Norweigan Troopship Oslofjord hits mine & beached.
1941 KM Supply ship Python scuttled to prevent capture in South Atlantic. Italian Destroyer Alvise da Mosto sunk by Cruisers HMS Aurora & Penelope near Tripoli
1942 Trawler HMS Jasper sunk by E Boat S-81 south of Bolt Head. HMAS Corvette Armidale torpedoed & sunk by Japanese aircraft south of Timor
1943 Trawler HMS Avanturine sunk by E Boat S-142 off Beachy Head
1944 Ferry HMS Empire Dace sunk by mine off Missolonghi, Greece
 
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
 
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