This day in military history..

28 August
489 Battle of Isonzo
663 Battle of Baekgang
1189 Siege of Acre begins, ends July 12, 1191
1521 Ottomans capture Belgrade
1542 Battle of Wofla
1640 Battle of Newburn
1648 Siege of Colchester ends
1849 Austria captures Venice
1861 Battle of Hatteras Inlet begins
1914 Battle of the Heligoland Bight
1916 Germany declares War on Romania, Italy declares War on Germany
1941 Soviet Navy evacuates Tallinn losing Destroyers Artem, Kalinin, Skory, Valodarsky, and Yakov Sverdlov, Subs ShCh-301, S-5 and S-6, Minesweepers Barometer, Krab, T-214 and T-216, Gunboat I-8, Sub Chaser MO-202, Net Layers Onega and Vyatka, Patrol Ships Sneg and Saturn, and MTB TKA-103 on mines north of Cape Juminda, Repair Ship Serp-I-Molot bombed/beached at Suursaari
1942 U-94 bombed by USN PBY and rammed/sunk by Corvette HMCS Oakville off Haiti. Destroyer Asigiri bombed/sunk by USMC SBDs near Santa Isabel Island
1943 KM Escort SG-10 sunk by sub HMS Sickle. SG-14 bombed/sunk, both in the Med. U-639 sunk by Soviet sub S-101 in the Kara Sea. Italian Torpedo Boat Lince sunk by sub HMS Ultor in the Med.
1944 Allies capture Toulon and Marseilles: KM Escorts SG-12, 16, and 23, Aux. minelayer M-6062, scuttled at Marseilles. Sub Chaser UJ-1433 sunk by R.N. MTB 252, 254, and 256 in La Manche
1945 Aux. sub chaser CHa-77 sunk off Paramushiro.
 
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Sept 1
1644 Battle of Tippermoir
1814 HMS Avon sunk by USS Wasp
1862 Battle of Ox Hill
1864 Battle of Jonesboro ends. Siege of Atlanta ends, CS Evacuates Atlanta
1870 Battle of Sedan
1880 Battle of Kandahar
1939 Germany invades Poland, WWII Officially starts. Polish Gunnery Training ship Mazur bombed/sunk at Oksywie
1940 Destroyer HMS Ivanhoe damaged by a mine off Texel, scuttled.
Patrol Launch HMS Mesme sunk with all hands in a collision with HMS Sunfish. Trawler HMS Royalo sunk by mine off Penzance. Italian MTB MAS 537 rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Ilex in the Med.
1942 Hans-Joachim Marseille shoots down 17 RAF fighters in a day. U-756 sunk by Corvette HMCS Morden in Mid-Atlantic. Soviet Guard Ship Purga bombed/sunk in Lake Ladoga.
1943 I-182(or possibly I-20) sunk by Destroyer USS Wadsworth.
1944 Corvette HMS Hurst Castle sunk by U-482 off Tory Island, Ireland. R.N. Motor Minesweeper MMS 117 sunk by mine off Civita Vecchia, Italy. US Minesweeper YMS-21 sunk by mine off Toulon. U-247 sunk by Frigates HMCS St. John and Swansea in the English Channel. E Boat S-80 sunk by mine in the Baltic.
1983 KAL 007 shot down by the Soviets
 
2 Sept
31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium
1649 Papal Forces destroy Castro
1807 Bombardment of Copenhagen begins
1937 1st flight F4F Wildcat
1939 Polish Auxiliary ships Gydni and Gdansk bombed/sunk in Gulf of Gdansk
1940 KM Troopship Pionier sunk by HMS Sturgeon east of Denmark. Sub Chaser UJ-121 sunk by mine off Ostend
1942 IJN Patrol Boat PB-35 sunk by a B-17 near Santa Isabel. U-222 sunk in a collision with U-626 off Pillau. Sperrbrecher 164 sunk by mine off Holland.
1943 Frigate Matsure sunk by USS Snapper off Guam
1944 Soviet Minesweeper BTSC-410 Vzryu sunk by U-19 in the Black Sea. U-394 sunk by a Swordfish and 4 R.N. ships south east of Jan Mayen
1949 1st flight De Havilland Venom
1958 Soviets shoot down a USAF C-130 that strayed into Soviet airspace
 
Sept 8
617 Battle of Huoyi
1380 Battle of Kulikovo
1514 Battle of Orsha
1565 Siege of Malta ends
1655 Sweden captures Warsaw
1755 Battle of Lake George. Battle of Kittanning
1760 British capture Montreal
1781 Battle of Eutaw Springs
1793 Battle of Hondschoote ends
1796 Battle of Bassano
1863 2nd Battle of Sabine Pass
1923 Honda Point Disaster
1939 1st flight Vultee P-66. Dutch Minesweeper Willem Van Ewijck sunk by a mine off Terschelling
1941 Siege of Leningrad begins. Mine Destructor Vessel HMS Corfield sunk by mine off the Humber Lightship. Italian sub Maggiore Baracca rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Croome east of The Azores
1943 R.N. MTB 77 bombed/sunk off Vigo, Spain. R.N. LCT 624 lost in the Med. U-983 sunk in a collision with U-988 north of Loba, Poland. Aux, Minesweepers M 3810, 3811, and 3816 sunk by R.N. MTBs off Fecamp. Italian sub H-3 bombed/sunk at La Maddalena. Incomplete Cruisers Etna and Vesuvio scuttled near Trieste.
1944 Liege and Ostend liberated. KM Minesweeper R-235 sunk in a collision off the Merwe Canal. Soviet sub M-96 sunk by mine in Narva Bay.
 
Sept 9
1141 Battle of Qatwan
1493 Battle of Krbava Field
1513 Battle of Flodden Field
1855 Siege of Sevastopol ends
1898 Mauser patents the design for the G-98
1922 Turks capture Smyrna
1939 Battle of Hel begins
1940 Trawler HMS Dervish sunk by mine off the Humber Lightship
1942 Weather ship USCG Muskeget sunk with all hands by U-66 in the Atlantic. US Patrol Boat YP-346 lost in the Solomons. Italian MTBs MAS 571 and 573 sunk by aircraft at Yalta. soviet sub K-2 sunk by mine in Tanaford
1943 Battle of Salerno begins. KM Minesweeper R-7 and 13 scuttled at Salerno. Italian Battleship Roma sunk by German glide bomb. Most of the Italian Fleet is scuttled at La Spezia. 5 KM F-Lighters and 2 sub chasers sunk by Italian Corvettes Aliseo and Cormorano. Tug USS Nauset bombed/sunk in Gulf of Toranto. Sub USS Grayling rammed/sunk by Hokuan Maru west of Luzon. US LCT 366 sank in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska. R.N. LCTs 572 and 626 lost in the Med. Indian Navy MTBs 284 and 285 lost as cargo when MV Larchbank sunk by I-27 in the Indian Ocean. I-182 sunk by USS Trout in Surigao Strait.
1944 U-484 sunk by Corvette HMS Porchester Castle and Frigate HMS Helmsdale. KM Minesweeper R-304 sunk by mine off Eggeroy. Croatian River Monitor Sava scuttled, raised, repaired and returned to Yugoslav service post-War. Aux sub chasers CHa-8 and 9 sunk by mines off Sumatra.
 
10 Sept
1547 Battle of Pinkie Cleugh
1561 4th Battle of Kawanakajima
1798 naval Battle of St. George's Caye ends
1813 Battle of Lake Erie
1861 Battle of Carnifex Ferry
1862 Sharpsburg Campaign: Battle of Harper's Ferry begins
1918 Red army captures Kazan
1939 Canada declares War on Germany. Sub HMS Oxley sunk by sub HMS Triton off Stavanger
1941 U-501 damaged by Corvette HMCS Chambly and scuttled in the Denmark Strait. Trawler HMS Christine Rose wrecked on Knap Rock, Argyll. KM Minesweeper M-1102 torpedoed/sunk by RAF in the North Sea
1942 R.N. MGB 335 sunk by KM surface vessels in the North Sea
1943 Minelayer HMS Abdiel sunk by mine at Taranto. IJN Minesweeper W-16 bombed/sunk by B-24s south of Makassar. KM MTB S-46 sunk by Soviet aircraft in the Black Sea. 5 Soviet MTBs sunk in the Black Sea. 4 Italian Sub Chasers sunk by German artillery, one by an F-Lighter.
1944 U-20 and 23 scuttled off Turkey in the Black Sea.
 
Sept 11
1297 Battle of Sterling Bridge
1390 Siege of Vilnius begins
1541 Battle of Santiago, Chile
1649 Siege of Drogheda ends
1697 Battle of Zenta
1709 Battle of Malplaquet
1714 Siege of Barcelona ends, began 25 July 1713
1758 Battle of St. Cast
1777 Battle of Brandywine Creek
1803 Battle of Delhi
1814 Battle of Lake Champlain
1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain
1914 Australia invades New Britain, German New Guinea: Battle of Bita Paka
1939 Canada declares War on Germany
1940 Trawler HMS Breathwood sunk by mine in the English Channel
1941 U-207 sunk by HMS Leamington and Veteran near Greenland
1942 Corvette HMCS Charlottetown sunk by U-517 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Destroyer Yayoi bombed/sunk by US B-17s and Australian Hudsons in the Solomon Sea.
1943 USN LCT-71 sank in the Gulf of Alaska. Destroyer USS Rowan sunk by E Boat off Salerno. R.N. midget subs X5, X6, X7, X8, and X9 lost attacking Lutzow, Scharnhorst and Tirpits. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1217 sunk by Soviet sub M-7 in Sylteforden. Torpedo Boat TA 11 sunk by Italian torpedo Boat Aliseo, Corvette Cormorano and Italian tanks at Elba. Italian Gunboat Aurora, sunk by E Boats S-61 and 64. Torpedo Boats T-6, Impetuoso, Partenope, Pegaro and MTB MAS 431 scuttled. Sub Chasers VAS 208, 214, 219, and 220 sunk by German coastal batteries.
1944 U-19 scuttled off Turkey in the Black Sea. KM Minesweeper M-462 bombed/sunk off Skagen, Denmark. Minesweeper R-80 sunk by aircraft. CHa-165 sunk by USS Albacore off Kagashima.
2001 9/11 Terrorist attacks
2012 Benghazi Embassy attack
 
Oct 2
1187 Siege of Jerusalem ends
1263 Battle of Largs
1814 Battle of Rancagua ends
1835 Battle of Gonzales
1939 Polish Minesweepers Czajk, Mewa, Rybitwa and Zuraw, and Guard Ship Komendant Pilsudski scuttled at Hel, raised, repaired, put in KM service.
1940 Italian sub Berillo damaged by Destroyers HMS Hasty and Havoc, scuttled off Sidi Barrani
1941 I-61 sunk in a collision with Aux. Gunboat Kiso Maru in the Tsushima Strait
1942 Trawler HMS Stonehaven sunk by E Boat S-112 off Eddystone Lighthouse. Cruiser HMS Curacao cut in half and sunk by RMS Queen Mary north west of Ireland. U-512 sunk by a B-18 off French Guiana. aux. Minesweeper T-57 sunk by mine in the Gulf of Finland.
1943 US LCT-496 sunk in the English Channel. R.N. LCT 618 lost in the Med.
 
Oct 5
1813 Battle of the Thames
1862 Battle of the Big Hatchee River
1864 Battle of Alatoona Pass
1915 Bulgaria joins the Central Powers
1940 R.N. Trawler HMS Kingston Sapphire sunk by Italian sub Nani south of Cadiz
1942 U-582 sunk by USN PBY, and U-619 sunk by RAF Hudson, both south west of Iceland
1943 U-336 sunk by RAF Hudson in the Denmark Strait. Italian Minelayer Legano bombed/sunk by German aircraft off Leros. US LST-448 sank from bomb damage inflicted off Vella Lavella on the 1st
1944 Minesweeper HMS BYMS 2255 sunk by mine off Boulogne. Harbor Defence Motor Launch HMS HDML 1227 sunk by KM surface ships off Piraeus. KM Minelayer Pommern sunk by mine off Toulon. Germans scuttled unfinished Italian Aircraft Carrier Sparviero at Genoa.
1945 Motor Fishing Vessel HMS MFV 118 burns at Portmouth
 
Oct 6
105 B.C. Battle of Arausio
69 B.C. Battle of Tigranocerta
1762 Battle of Manila ends
1777 Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
1940 Italian sub Gemma sunk by Italian sub Tricheo south east of Crete. Minesweeper HMS Poulmic sunk by mine off Penlee Point
1942 3rd Battle of the Matanikow begins. R.N. MGB 76 sunk by, and R.N. MTB 295 sunk in a collision with, E Boats in the North Sea. I-22 sunk by a PBY in the Coral Sea. Soviet sub ShCh-320 sunk by mine in the Gulf of Finland.
1943 naval Battle of Vella Lavella: Destroyers USS Chevalier and Yugumo sunk. Soviet Destroyers Besposhchadny, Kharkov and Sposobny bombed/sunk by JU-87 Stukas south of the Crimea
1944 U-168 sunk by Dutch sub Zwaardish in the Java Sea. Frigate CD-21 sunk by USS Seahorse in the S. China Sea. Aux. sub chaser CHa-2 sunk by sub HMS Tally-Ho west of Penang
1973 Yom Kippur War begins
1977 1st flight Mig-29
 
Oct 7
1513 Battle of La Motta
1571 naval Battle of Lepanto
1777 2nd Battle of Saratoga
1780 Battle of Kings Mountain
1800 HMS Kent captured by French Privateer La Confiance
1864 CSS Florida is illegally siezed by USS Wachusett in the Port of Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality and International Law.
1939 KM patrol ship V-804 sunk by mine off Holland
1942 Rescue Tug HMS Caroline Moller sunk by E Boat S-80, and ML 339 sunk by S-62, off Cromer.
1943 US LCT-215 and 216 lost in heavy seas off the North African coast. R.N. LCT 621 lost in the Med. US sub S-44 sunk by Frigate Ishigaki off the Kuriles. KM sub chaser UJ-2111 sunk by R.N. ships in the Dodecanese.
1944 Indian Navy Harbor Defence Motor Launch HMIS HDML 1119 sunk by Allied aircraft off Burma. KM F Lighter AF 73 sunk by Allied aircraft off Terschelling, raised, repaired, returned to service. River Minesweeper FR 11 lost on this date. Torpedo Boat TA 37, Guard Ship GK 62 and Sub Chaser UJ 2101 sunk by Destroyers HMS Tuscan and Termagant in the Aegean.
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking begins
2001 US invades Afghanistan
 
9 Oct
1238 Aragon captures Valencia
1264 Castile captures Jerez
1594 Battle of Danture
1708 Battle of Lesnaya
1799 HMS Lutine wrecked/sunk off Terschelling
1812 HMS Caledonia and Detroit captured by a cutting out party, HMS Detroit destroyed in the ensuing battle between US and British batteries
1854 Siege of Sevastopol begins.
1861 Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Fla.
1938 Spanish Republican sub C 1 bombed/sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Barcelona.
1940 Trawler HMS Sea King sunk by mine in the Humber Estuary
1942 3rd Battle of the Matanikau ends. U-171 sunk by mine off Lorient. Sperrbrecher 143 sunk by mine off Neuport
1943 Destroyer USS Buck sunk by U-616 off Salerno. Destroyer HMS Panther bombed/sunk by JU-87 Stukas in the Scarpanto Strait. Cruiser HMS Carlisle severely damaged by bombs, used as stores ship thereafter. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1210 bombed/sunk of Gdynia. Italian MTB MS-26 wrecked on Leros.
1944 KM sub chaser UJ-1711 bombed/sunk off Norway. Patrol ship V-1403 sunk by R.N. MTBs off the Hook of Holland.US LCT-459 lost by grounding off west coast of France
 
Oct 14
1066 Battle of Hastings
1322 Battle of Byland Moor
1758 Battle of Hochkirch
1805 Battle of Elchingen
1806 Battle of Jena-Auerstedt
1863 Battle of Bristoe Station
1938 1st flight P-40
1939 Battleship HMS Royal Oak sunk by U-47 at Scapa Flow. U-45 sunk by 3 R.N. Destroyers south west of Ireland
1940 KM Netlayer Genua sunk by Destroyer HMS Cossack off Egersund, raised, repaired, returned to service. Sub Chaser UJ-173 wrecked Off Stavenger. Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Cheshire damaged by U-138 and beached, repaired and returned to service. Trawler HMS Lord Stamp sunk by mine south west of Portland Bill.
1941 Trawler HMS Fleur de Lys sunk by U-206 west of Gibraltar. Trawler HMS Forerunner sunk in a collision in the Thames. KM Patrol Ship UJ-1709 bombed/sunk west of Lister. Italian Torpedo Boat Pleiada sank after being bombed the day before
1942 KM Auxiliary Cruiser Komet sunk by R.N. MTB 236 off Cape de la Hague. R.N. LCMs 508, 509, 519, 522, 523, 532, 537, 547, 620 and LCT 2006 lost as cargo when SS Southern Express was sunk by U-211 east of Newfoundland. Soviet sub ShCh-213 sunk by mines off Romania. ShCh-302 sunk by Finnish aircraft in the Gulf of Finland
1943 USCG Patrol Ship Dow wrecked off Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
1944 Motor Fishing Vessel HMS MFV 117 sunk by an explosion in the Aegean. Corvette HMCS Magog damaged by U-1223 in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, losing her stern, declared a total loss, scrapped post war. KM Light MTB LS-7 and 10 lost on this date
1952 Battle of Triangle Hill begins
1962 Cuban Missle Crisis begins
 
Oct 15
1211 Battle of Rhyndacus
1529 1st Siege of Vienna ends
1863 Confederate Privateer sub H L Hunley sinks for the 2nd time in Charleston Harbor, killing her whole crew including H L Hunley. Raised, repaired, returned to service by the Confederate Army.
1864 Battle of Glasgow, Mo
1880 Mexican troops kill Apache leader Victorio
1940 Sub HMS Triad sunk by Italian sub Enrico Toti in a surface gun and torpedo battle. River Patrol vessel HMS Mistletoe sunk by mine off Bull Sand Fort. Italian sub Foca sunk while laying a minefield off Haifa, Palestine, probably by one of her own mines.
1942 Destroyer USS Meridith bombed/sunk off Guadalcanal. U-661 rammed/sunk by Destroyer HMS Viscount
1943 R.N. MTB 636 sunk by R.N. MGB 658 off Elba
1944 U-777 bombed/sunk at Wilhelmshaven. KM Patrol Boat V-1605 bombed/sunk by Beaufighters off Justoy, Norway. V-6705 scuttled at Vadso. Cruiser Liepzig damaged beyond repair in a collision with Prinz Eugen, used as a barracks ship. Minesweeper M-3619 sunk by Soviet sub L-3 off Pomerania. Guard ship DB-17 sunk in North Sea by British aircraft. R.N. motor launch ML 870 and Greek minesweepers Kassos and Kos sunk by mines off Piraeus, Greece. Aux. Sub chaser Kaiyo Maru No. 2 sunk bu sub HMS Tally-Ho in the Strait of Malacca.
 
Oct 16
1793 Battle of Wattignies ends
1813 Battle of Leipzig begins
1859 John Brown's Harper's Ferry Raid begins
1939 French Aux. minesweeper St. Clair sunk by mine in the Strait of Dover.
1940 R.N. MTB 106 sunk by mine north of Scheerness. Minesweeper HMS Dundalk damaged by mine off Harwich, sinks next day. Destroyers HMS Ashanti and Fame ran aground off Sunderland, refloated, repaired, returned to service
1942 U-253 sunk by Destroyer HMS Fame.
1943 R.N. MTB 356 sunk by KM surface units off Holland. Armed Yacht USS Moonstone sunk in a collision with Destroyer USS Greer off Cape May, N.J. A Wolfpack consisting of U-470, 844, and 964 is sunk by RAF B-24s. U-533 sunk by a RAF Blenheim in the Gulf of Oman. Sub Chaser UJ-2109 sunk by Destroyers HMS Jensen and Penn at Kalymnos. Light MTB LS-5 lost on this date. Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-31 sunk by US aircraft off New Britain.
1944 KM Patrol Boat V-6707 sunk by Soviet aircraft off Kirkenes. V-2016 sunk by R.N. MTBs in the North Sea. Torpedo Boat TA 39 sunk by mine off Salonika. Minesweeper R-301 sunk by Soviet aircraft off Vardo. U-1006 sunk by Frigate HMCS Annan south east of the Faeroes. Torpedo Boat Hato sunk by US Navy aircraft south east of Hong Kong. Guard Ship Kyowa Maru No. 2 sunk by USS Tilefish off Japan.
1949 Greek Civil War ends
 
Oct 17
456 Battle of Placentia
1346 Battle of Neville's Cross
1448 2nd Battle of Kosovo begins
1781 Siege of Yorktown ends
1917 naval Battle of Moon Sound ends: Russian Battleship Slava damaged by Battleship SMS Konig and is scuttled.
1939 Battleship HMS Iron Duke bombed/beached at Scapa Flow, refloated, repaired, returned to service
1940 Trawler HMS Kingston Cairngorm damaged by a mine, sinks the next day.
1941 Corvette HMS Gladiolus sunk with all hands by U-558
1942 Destroyer Oboro bombed/sunk by B-26s north east of Kiska.
1943 KM Raider Michel sunk by USS Tarpon east of Yokohama, taking down Light E-boat LS-4. U-540 sunk by RAF B-24 east of Cape Farewell. U-631 sunk by Corvette HMS Sunflower south east of Cape Farewell. U-841 sunk by Frigate HMS Byard east of Cape Farewell
1944 Minelayer Itsukushima sunk by Dutch sub Zwaardvish in the Java Sea. Destroyer-Minelayer USS Montgomery damaged by a mine off Palau and scrapped. Soviet Patrol Boat BMO-527 sunk by U-1165 in the Baltic. KM Patrol Boat V-6107 bombed/sunk in Varangerfjord. V-6801 sunk by BeauFighters off Alesund. Sub Chaser UJ-1764 sunk by mine off Egersund. US Minesweeper YMS-70 sank in a storm in Leyte Gulf.
 
Oct 18
1016 Battle of Ashingdon
1081 Battle of Dyrrhachium
1540 Battle of Mabila
1599 Battle of Sellenberk
1812 HMS Frolic captured by USS Wasp
1859 US Marines capture John Brown & his Raiders
1940 Trawler HMS Kingston Cairngorm, damaged by a mine the day before, sinks. Sub HMS H-49 sunk by KM Sub Chasers UJ-116 and UJ-118 off Texel. Aux. Minesweeper HMCS Bras d'Or lost with all hands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Italian sub Durbo sunk by 2 Saunders-Roe London seaplanes & HMS Firedrake and Wrestler.
1941 Destroyer HMS Broadwater sunk by U-101 south of Iceland. Tug HMS Assurance wrecked in Lough Foyle, N. Ireland.
1943 Sub Chaser CH-23 had her bow blown off by B-25s in St. George's Channel and beached, refloated, repaired, returned to service.
1944 Aux. Sub Chaser CHa-95 sunk off Calayan Island by US Navy aircraft. Minelayer Maeshima and Aux. Minelayer Shinko Maru, and Landing Ships T-135 and 136 sunk near Lopoc Bay. IJA Salvage ship Chinzei Maru sunk by USS Bluegill in the South China Sea. Minesweeper HMAS Geelong sunk in a collision with SS York in the Solomon Sea. US LST-906 ran aground and sank off Livorno. KM Minesweeper RA-2 sunk by mine off Ostend.
 
26 Oct
1597 naval Battle of Myeongnyang
1813 Battle of Chateauguay
1917 Brazil declares War on the Central Powers
1940 1st flight P-51
1941 CAM ship HMS Ariguani damaged by U-83, repaired and sold into merchant service 1944. Romanian landing ships SF-25 and 26 sunk by Soviet sub M-35
1942 Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. Carrier USS Hornet and Destroyer USS Porter sunk. Battle of Henderson Field ends. KM Sub Chaser UJ-1204 sunk by mine in Gulf of Finland
1943 1st flight Do-335 fighter. Italian MTB MS-15 sunk by German aircraft at Leros. Tug HMS Tien Hsing hits reef in the Red Sea off Egypt and sinks.
1944 Norwegian Corvette Rose rammed/sunk by Frigate HMS Manners east of Newfoundland. KM Minesweeper M-433 bombed/sunk off Norway. river Minesweeper FR-2 lost on this date. Sub Chaser UJ-5722 sunk off Rorvik by Allied aircraft. R.N. Motor Launch ML 579 bombed/sunk at Leros. R.N. MTB 669 sunk by KM ships off Norway. Battle of Leyte Gulf ends: IJN losses: Cruisers Kunu, Noroshiro, Abukuma, sub I-26, Destroyers Nowaki, Urinami, and Hayashimo, Landing Ship T-102.
1945 Minesweeper HMS Saltburn sinks off Horse Sand Fort.
2002 Moscow Theatre Siege ends
 
Oct 30
1137 Battle of Rignano
1270 Siege of Tunis ends
1340 Battle of Rio Saludo
1657 Battle of Ocho Rios
1806 Stettin surrenders to the French
1863 Gunboat USS Undine and 2 transports captured by Forrest's CS Cavalry.
1939 Armed Boarding Vessel HMS Northern Rover sunk by U-59 north west of the Orkneys
1940 U-32 sunk by Destroyers HMS Harvester and Highlander north west of Ireland. Destroyer HMS Sturdy wrecked off Tiree, Inner Hebrides. R.N. ML 109 sunk by mine in The Humber
1941 Soviet sub Kalev sunk by mine off Hanko
1942 U-520 sunk by RCAF B-18 east of Newfoundland. U-559 sunk by 5 R.N. Destroyers, Enigma machine and materials captured before she sinks. U-658 sunk by RCAF Hudson east of Newfoundland
1943 Soviet MTBs TK 75, 134, and 171 sunk in the Baltic
1944 KM MTB S-54 bombed/sunk at Thessaloniki. Minesweepers R-185, 195, 210, 211, Alula, Gallipoli and Zeus scuttled at Salonika. R.N. LCT 936 damaged beyond repair at Lowestoft.
 
Nov 5
1688 William of Orange invades England
1757 Battle of the Wabash
1780 LaBlame's Defeat
1854 Battle of Inkerman
1940 Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Jervis sunk by Admiral Scheer south west of Ireland.
1941 Soviet Destroyer Smetlivyi sunk by mine in Gulf of Finland. KM Artillery support ship LAT 4 sunk by RAF in the Ems.
1942 Soviet sub ShCh-305 rammed/sunk by Finnish sub Vetehinen in the Baltic. U-408 sunk by USN PBY north of Iceland.
1943 E Boat S-39 sunk in air attack. U-848 sunk by USN PB4Ys and US Army B-25s west of Ascention.
1944 KM F-Lighters AF 44 and 92 sunk in air attack at Zijpe. Torpedo Boat TA 24, Minelayer Kiebitz, and Sub Chaser G 104 sunk by US aircraft at Fiume. R.N. LCT 457 sunk by mine in the North Sea. Cruiser Nachi and Patrol Boat PB-107 sunk by USN aircraft in Manila Bay
1950 Battle of Pakchon
 
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