These pages list the key dates in the history of the sailing navies of the world.
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01 January
1758
HMS Adventure, Cdr. John Bray, took privateer Machault (14) off Dungerness Road
French Opiniatre (64), Greenwich (50) and Outarde (44) run aground and wrecked off French coast in a storm
1761
Loss of HMS Newcastle (50) and HMS Queenborough (24) in a cyclone in the East Indies.
1776
HMS Liverpool (28), Cptn. Henry Bellew, and consorts burnt Norfolk, Virginia.
1801
Horatio Nelson promoted vice-admiral.
USS Chesapeake (36), Cptn. Samuel Barron, captures the French privateer La Jeune Creole (16) off Barbuda
HM Gun Brig Requin (10), Samuel Forvell, wrecked on the French coast near Quiberon
1807
Squadron under Cptn. Charles Brisbane,HMS Arethusa (38), HMS Latona (38), James Athol Wood, HMS Anson (44), Charles Lydiard, HMS Fisguard (38), William Bolton, captured Curacoa.
1809
HMS Onyx (10), Charles Gill), captured Dutch corvette Manly (16) off Lincolnshire coast.
1813
HM Brig Sloop Sarpedon (10), Thomas Parker, foundered on the Norwegian coast
02 January
1689
HMS Sedgemore (50) lost
1780
British squadron under Commodore Charles Fielding exacted the right to search a Dutch convoy escorted by a squadron under Rear-admiral Lodewijk van Bylandt. A brief naval engagement took place off the Isle of Wight.
1793
Harbor batteries at Brest fire on the British brig Childers (16), Robert Barlow. Regarded as the first shots of the Revolutionary War although France did not declare war until the first of the next month.
1797
HM sloop Viper, Cptn. Henry Harding Parker, foundered off the Shannon after engaging the French fleet, which was attempting to land insurrectionists in Ireland. The crew perished.
1804
HMS Creole (38), Cptn. Austin Bissell, foundered in passage from Jamaica.
1809
HMS Amiable captured Iris.
HMS Imperieuse (38), Thomas Cochrane, captured French cutter Gauloise (7), lugger Julie (5) and 11 supply vessels laden with wheat at Cadaques, just north of the Bay of Rosas
03 January
1695
Start of a 2 day capture of the HMS Nonsuch and HMS Falcon by the Francois.
1782
HMS Flying Fish (12) wrecked off Calais
1798
British armed tender George (6), Lt. Michael Mackey, engaged Spanish privateer cutter (12) and schooner (6) in the West Indies and was taken by boarding after missing stays.
1801
Boats of HMS Melpomene (38), Cptn. Sir Charles Hamilton, cut out a brig (18) in Senegal but it was lost to grounding during attempt.
1807
HMS Pickle schooner, Lt. Moses Cannadey, captured privateer cutter Favorite (14), E. J. Boutruche, off the Lizard.
04 January
1748
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) joined the navy as an Able Seaman on HMS Gloucester (50)
1781
HMS Courageux (74), Cptn. Lord Mulgrave, took French frigate Minerve (32) in the Channel.
1795
HMS Blanche (32), Cptn. Robert Faulkner, captured Pique (38) off Dominica.
1799
HMS Wolverine (16), Cptn. Lewes Mortlock (Killed in Action), engaged French luggers Ruse and Furet.
1807
HMS Nautilus (22), Cptn. Edmund Palmer, wrecked on Cenigotto a barren rock in the Levant
1863
Blockading ship USS Quaker City captures sloop Mercury carrying despatches emphasizing desperate plight of the South.
05 January
1709
HMS Arrogant (60), Cptn. George Nichols, foundered in a storm while taking naval stores from Lisbon to Port Mahon.
1795
HMS Blanche (32), Cptn. Robert Faulknor (Killed in Action), captured the French frigate Pique (36), Cptn. Conseil, off Guadeloupe
1798
HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. Robert Carthew Reynolds, sank privateer Cheri (26), Cptn. Chassin, off Ushant
1800
HMS Mastiff, Gun-boat No.35, Lt. James Watson, wrecked on Cockle Sands, Yarmouth Roads.
1806
British operation to capture the Cape of Good Hope bugun by a squadron under Commodore Sir Home Popham
1807
HMS Nautilus (18), Edward Palmer, wrecked off the Island of Pora.
1809
HMS Loire (40), Cptn. Alexander Wilmot Schomberg, captured Hebe (20) off Lisbon.
1814
Fortress of Gluckstadt on the Elbe captured, in co-operation with the Crown Prince of Sweden, by a British squadron under the command of Cptn. A. Farquhar of HMS Desiree (36) with HMS Shamrock schooner (10), J. Marshall, HMS Hearty brig (12), J. Eose, HMS Blazer brig (14), Lt. Francis Banks, HMS Piercer brig (14), Lt Joshua Kneeshaw, HMS Redbreast brig (12), Sir George Mouat Keith, and eight gun boats.
Fortress of Cattaro, Adriatic, taken by HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, and HMS Saracen (18), Cptn. John Harper.
1855
USS Plymouth (22) crew skirmish with Chinese troops
06 January
1760
HMS Mermaid (24), Cptn. James Hackman, wrecked off the Bahamas
1762
HMS Venus (32) Cptn. Harrison, took Boulogne.
1801
Boats of HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T. Rogers, captured French convoy of fifteen sail.
1806
HMS Favourite (16), Cdr. John Davie, captured by French squadron under Cptn. L'Hermite off Cape de Verd Islands
1807
Boats of HMS Imperieuse (38), Cptn. Lord Cochrane, destroyed a fortress in Bay of Arcasson, near Rochefort.
1813
Boats of HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, took 5 French gun-brigs off Otranto.
Boats of HMS Havannah (36) ,Cptn. Hon. George Cadogan captured 3 vessels and a gunboat in a creek off the Adriatic.
1814
HMS Tagus (38), Cptn. Philip Pipon, and HMS Niger (38), Cptn. Peter Ranier, took the French frigate Ceres (44), Cptn. Baron de Bourgainville, off Cape Verde Islands.
07 January
1794
Unaware of Hood's evacuation HMS Moselle (24), H. A. Bennett, entered Toulon harbour and was taken by the French.
1798
HMS Garnet, James Clark, wrecked on a reef off Cape François
1799
HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Peter Halkett, wrecked running on Haak Sands, coast of Holland, whilst chasing a Dutch ship.
1805
HMS Sheerness (44), Cptn. Lord George Stuart, driven on shore and wrecked near Trincomalee when her cables parted during a hurricane .
1809
Start of British campaign to capture Cayenne.
1813
HMS Ferret Sloop (18), Francis Alexander Halliday, wrecked on Newbiggin Point, Northumberland.
08 January
1676
Battle of Stromboli. A French fleet of 20 ships under Abraham Duquesne engaged a combined fleet of 19 Dutch and one Spanish ship under Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter.
1761
HMS Unicorn (28) ,Cptn. Joseph Hunt (Killed in Action), took Vestal (26), M. Boisbertelot (Killed in Action), off the Penmarks.
1797
HMS Indefatigable (44), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew, and HMS Amazon (36), Cptn. Robert Carthew Reynolds, drove ashore Droits de l'Homme (74) which was wrecked on the Penmarks. HMS Amazon also wrecked on the sands at Adiant.
1798
HMS Kingfisher (18), Cptn. Charles Herbert Pierrepont, Earl Manvers, captured French privateer Betsey (16).
1811
HMS Fleur de la Mer (8), Lt. John Alexander (3), foundered in the Atlantic
09 January
1735
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) born
1801
HMS Constitution (14), Lt. Whiston, captured by two French cutters then re-captured by HMS Harpy (18), William Birchall, and HMS Greyhound (32).
1806
Nelson's funeral at St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
1809
HMS Morne Fortunée (12), John Brown, wrecked off Martinique.
1826
HM Brig Sloop Algerine (l0), Cdr. Charles Wemyss, capsised in a squall off Hydra, Mediterranean
10 January
1755
Adam Duncan confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant.
1810
HMS Plover (18), Philip Browne, took the French privateer brig Saratu (14), M. Rosse, off St. Malo.
Boats of HMS Christian VII (80), Cptn. Sir Joseph Sydney Yorke, and HMS Armide (38), Cptn. Lucius Hardyman, attacked in Basque Road a French convoy of 4 vessels. 3 were driven ashore and completely burnt, the fourth, a chasse-maree, was taken.
1811
Tamatave bombarded by British.
1847
American naval forces occupy Los Angeles.
11 January
1742
HMS Tiger (32), Cptn. Edward Herbert, wrecked on a key near Tortuga
1761
HMS Seahorse (24), Cptn. James Smith, and HMS Unicorn (28), Lt. John Symons-Acting, engaged Le Grand (34) off Start Point
1794
HMS Juno (32), Cptn. Samuel Hood, having unwarily entered Toulon after the British evacuation came under fire from shore batteries but escaped.
1809
HMS Magnet Sloop (18), Lt. George Morris, struck Saltholme Shoal but got off then wrecked on another shoal in the Malmo Channel, Baltic.
1810
HMS Cherokee (10), Cdr. Richard Arthur, boarded and carried Aimable Nelly (16) anchored near Dieppe pier head under the batteries.
1863
CSS Alabama (8) Steam-sloop, Raphael Semmes, sinks USS Hatteras Paddle-steamer Gunboat, Cdr. Henry T. Blake, off Galveston
12 January
1794
HMS Sphinx captured Trompeuse (16) near Cape Clear Island.
1799
HMS Weazle (14) wrecked off Barnstaple Bay
1805
HMS Doris (36), Cptn. Patrick Campell, struck the Diamond Rock rock in Quiberon Bay. Due to leak sustained, 3 days later off the Loire, the ship was set on fire and she burned until her after magazine blew up and she sank
1810
HMS Scorpion (18), Cptn. Francis Stanfell, captured Oreste (16), Lt. Monnier, off Basse-Terre.
1813
US Frigate Chesapeake (38), Cptn. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant Volunteer
1847
US Sloop Lexington (6) landed party at San Blas, Mexico and captured guns.
1922
HMS Victory (100) entered Portsmouth dock where she remains to this day
13 January
1741
HMS Otter (8) wrecked off Aldeburgh
1766
HMS Aurora (32) launched at Chatham
1798
Lt. Lord Camelford, commanding HMS Favorite (16), shot dead Lt. Charles Peterson commanding, HMS Perdrix(22), for mutiny in an argument over seniority at English Harbour, Antigua
1808
HM brig Pandora (18), Henry Hume Spence, captured the French privateer Entreprenante (16), M. Bloudin, near Cap Gris Nez
1811
Cumberland merchant ship, Cptn. Barret with 26 men, defeated four French privateers, taking 170 men, who had boarded the Cumberland, prisoners.
1815
Capture of St. Mary's, Georgia, by the British over 2 days.
1818
HMS Shark (16), Lt. Charles Newton Hunter, wrecked at Jamaica
14 January
1797
HMS Amazon (36), Cptn. Robert Carthew Reynolds, wrecked on the French coast, near Isle Bas, while pursuing Droits de L'Homme (74), Cptn. Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse, with HMS Indefatigable (44), Cptn. Sir Edward Pellew. The French ship was also wrecked.
1798
HMS Sibylle (38), Cptn. Edward Cooke, and HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, at Caista Roads, Manilla.
1805
HMS Doris (36), Cptn. Patrick Campbell, badly damaged striking the Diamond Rock was set on fire and blown up near the mouth of the Loire
1813
US Frigate Chesapeake (38), Cptn. Samuel Evans, captures British merchant brig Liverpool Hero
1827
HM Sloop Nimrod (18), Cdr. Samuel Sparshott, bilged in Holyhead Bay
15 January
1743
HMS Sapphire (44), Cptn. Charles Holmes, sank two Spanish Privateers and destroyed three at Vigo.
1808
HMS Sparkler (12), Lt. James Samuel Asked Dennis, driven ashore by a gale and wrecked on the Dutch coast
1809
HMS Pigeon (4), Lt. Richard Cox, ran ashore near Margate and was bilged
1814
Cutter of HMS Castor (32), Cptn. Charles Dilkes, took L'Heureux (1) under the guns of Montjui.
1815
Squadron of 4 British ships, HMS Majestic (54), Commodore John Hayes, HMS Endymion (50), Cptn. Henry Hope, HMS Tenedos (38), Cptn. Hyde Parker, and HMS Pomone (38), Cptn. Philip Cartaret, captured USS President (44), Commodore Stephen Decatur, off New York.
16 January
1704
HMS Colchester (48), Cptn. David Wavell, foundered at Whitsand Bay
1780
Moonlight Battle. British fleet under Rodney defeat Spanish under de Langara and relieve Gibraltar.
1798
Boats of HMS Babel captured Desiree.
1801
HMS Garland (22), Cptn. Robert Honyman, and consorts captured Eclair, &c.
1808
HMS Linnet (14), Lt. John Tracy, captured Cherbourg privateer lugger Courier (18), Cptn. Alex Black, off Cape Barfleur.
1814
Start of 5 day engagement in which HMS Venerable (74), Cptn. James Andrew Worth, and HMS Cyane (22), Cptn. Thomas Forrest, took L'Iphigenie (38) and Alcmene (44) off Madeira
17 January
1741
HMS Astrea storeship, Cptn. Swanton, accidentally burnt at Piscaraway [Piscatagua].
1770
HMS Jamaica (14) foundred off Jamaica
1815
HMS Sylph (18), George Dickins, struck the Southampton Bar at Shinecock Bay (or Canoe Place) at the east end of Long Island, capsized, and broke in two.
18 January
1813
Start of campaign to capture islands of Lagosta and Carzola, Adriatic, by HMS Apollo (38), Cptn. Bridges W. Taylor, and troops.
1814
HMS Severn (40), Cptn. Joseph Nourse, escorting a convoy engaged French frigates Etoile (40), Cptn. Pierre-Henri Phillibert, and Sultane (40), Cptn. Georges Du-Petit-Thouars.
19 January
1678
HMS Guernsey engaged an Algerine Corsair.
1799
HMS Grampus (20) Store-ship, wrecked near Woolwich.
1804
HMS Fearless Gun-boat (12), Lt. Williams, driven on shore and wrecked in Cawsand Bay.
1808
HMS Flora (36), Cptn. Loftus Otway Bland, wrecked on the coast of Holland.
1811
HMS Satellite (16), Hon. Willoughby Bertie, foundered in the Channel
1839
Capture of Aden by HMS Volage (28), Cptn. Henry Smith, and troops.
20 January
1783
Great Britain and the United States sign a provisional peace treaty proclaiming an end to hostilities.
1801
HMS Mercury (28), Cptn. T. Rogers, captured Sans Pareille (20), Lt. Gabriel Renault, off Sardinia.
1809
HMS Claudia Cutter (10), Lt. Anthony Bliss William Lord, wrecked off Norway.
1810
French convoy driven on shore near La Rochelle.
1817
HMS Jaspar Sloop wrecked on Rocks under Mount Batten, entrance of Catwater.
HMS Telegraph (14), Lt. John Little, wrecked by a gale whilst anchored off the Eastern Hoe in Plymouth Sound.
21 January
1782
HMS Blonde (32), Cptn. Andrew Barclay, wrecked on Nantucket Shoal
1793
Louis XVI of France executed
1800
Transport ship Weymouth (26), Cdr. Ambrose Crofton, wrecked on the Bar of Lisbon
1805
HMS Julia wrecked on Castle Rocks at the entrance of Dartmouth Harbour.
HMS Doris (36), Cptn. Patrick Campbell, wrecked on the Diamond Rock off Quiberon Bay.
1807
Boats of HMS Galatea (32), Cptn. George Sayer, captured French corvette Lynx (16) off the coast of Venezuela
1810
Batteries at Baie Mahout, Guadaloupe, destroyed by British.
1817
HM Brig Sloop Jasper (10), Cdr. Thomas Carew, and HM Schooner Telegraph (12), Lt. John Little, wrecked on the point of Mount Batten, at the entrance of Catwater.
22 January
1755
John Jervis (later Earl of St Vincent) passed as Lieutenant
1794
HEICS Britannia, Cptn. Thomas Cheap, and HEICS Nonsuch, Cptn. John Canning, captured French privateers Vengeur (34), Cptn. Corosin, and Resolu (26), Cptn. Jallineaux, off Zuften isles.
1798
HMS Sybylle (44), Cptn. Edward Cooke, and HMS Fox (32), Cptn. Pulteney Malcolm, at Sambangen on the island of Majindiao.
1800
Cptn. Thomas Tingey USN ordered to duty as first Superintendent of the Washington Navy Yard
1807
HM schooner Felix (14), Lt. Robert Cameron (Acting), cartel, wrecked near Santander
1809
HMS Cleopatra (32), Cptn. Samuel John Brooke-Petchell, HMS Jason (32), Cptn. William Maude, and HMS Hazard (16), Hugh Cameron, captured Topaze (48), Cptn. Lahalle, anchored under a small battery south of Point Noir, Guadeloupe.
HMS Primrose (18), James Mein, wrecked on the Manacle near Falmouth.
23 January
1761
HMS Minerva (32), Cptn. Alexander Hood, took Warwick. (34), M. la Verger de Belair, 30 leagues west of Cape Pinas
1781
HMS Culloden (74), Cptn. Balfour, wrecked on the east end of Long Island in a gale.
1793
HMS Providence, Cptn. William Bligh, and HMS Assistant arrive St Vincent, West Indies, on 2nd breadfruit voyage.
1798
HMS Melampus (36), Cptn. Graham Moore, captured French corvette Volage (22), M. Desageneaux.
1801
The company of HMS Active (38), in a Spanish prize, captured Sta. Maria.
1807
HMS Felix Schooner (14), Lt. Robert Clarke(2), wrecked in St. Andero Bay, near Santander.
HMS Orpheus (32), Cptn. Thomas Briggs, wrecked on a coral reef in the West Indies
1814
HMS Astrea (36), Cptn. John Everleigh, and HMS Creole (36), Cptn. George C. Mackenzie, engaged Etoile and Sultane off the island of Maio.
24 January
1761
HMS Richmond (32), Cptn. Elphinstone, destroyed Felicite (32), Cptn. Donell (Killed in Action), off Flanders.
1808
HMS Iris (36) Cptn. John Tower, captured the French privateer lugger Marsouin (14) off the Lizard
25 January
1782
The Battle of St Kitts (aka The Battle of Frigate Bay). The British fleet under Rear-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood out manouvered and was attacked by a larger French fleet under the Comte de Grasse off Basse Terre, St. Kitts. Hood repulsed repeated attacks but could not prevent the loss of the Island.
HMS Solebay (28) wrecked off Nevis
1794
HEICS Houghton, Cptn. Hudson, and HEICS Nonsuch, Cptn. John Canning, engaged Cybele off Saint-Nicholas point, Java
1800
HMS Brazen (18), Cptn. J. Hanson, driven by a gale on to the Ave Rocks near Newhaven and wrecked.
1824
HMS Columbine Sloop (18), Hon. Chas. Abbot, wrecked in the harbour of Port Longue, Island of Sapienza
26 January
1793
Horatio Nelson appointed to command HMS Agamemnon (64).
1800
HMS Brazen (18), James Hanson, was driven by a gale on to the Ave Rocks near Newhaven and was destroyed
1805
HM brig Epervier (16), John Impey, captured the French privateer schooner L'Elizabeth (4)
1808
William Bligh deposed as governor of NSW by 'Rum Rebellion' mutiny.
27 January
1695
Capture of Content and Trident by an English Squadron.
1801
HMS Oiseau (32), Cptn. Linzee, and HMS Sirius (36), Cptn. Richard King, captured Dedaigneuse (36) off Cape Finisterre.
HMS Amethyst (36), Capt. John Cooke, and HMS Sirius (36), Cptn. Richard King, captured the Spanish letter of marque Charlotta some 20 miles north of Cape Belem
HMS Concorde (36), Cptn. Barton, engaged Bravure about 75 miles west of Cape Finisterre.
1807
HMS Lark (16), Cptn. Robert Nicholas, captured two Spanish guarda costa schooners bound for Porto Bello, Postillon (3) and Carmen (5).
HMS Jason (32), Cptn. Thomas John Cochrane, re-took Favourite (16), Lt. Le Marant Daniel, off the Soramine River, Surinam.
1813
HMS Daring (12), Lt. William R. Pascoe, was run ashore on Tamara (one of the Loss Islands, off Guinea) and burnt when threatened by two French frigates, Arethuse and Rubis.
1816
Samuel Hood died
28 January
1778
Second American New Providence Expedition raises the flag with thirteen stripes over Fort Nassau.
1799
HMS Proserpine (28), Cptn. James Wallis, struck sand bank in the river Elbe in bad weather and wrecked.
1801
HMS Forte (44), Cptn. Lucius Ferdinand Hardyman, wrecked on a sunken rock in the harbour of Jedda, Red Sea.
1805
HMS Gipsy destroyed privateer schooner.
1806
HMS Growler (12), Lt. Thomas Nesbitt, captured French privateer lugger Voltigeur (6) off St. Malo.
HMS Attack (14), Lt. Thomas Swain, captured French privateer lugger Sorcier (14), Guillaume Francoise Neele, off St. Malo.
1812
HMS Manilla (38), Cptn. John Joyce, wrecked on Haaks, Texel.
1814
Surrender of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) to HMS Bacchante (38), Cptn. William Hoste, HMS Saracen (18), John Harper, and troops.
29 January
1703
HMS Lincoln (48) foundered
1719
HMS Crown (48) wrecked off the Tagus
1781
Wilmington surrendered to the Blonde (32), Cptn. Andrew Barclay, with HMS Delight (14), HMS Otter (14) and consorts.
1801
HMS Bourdelais (24), Cptn. Thomas Manby, sunk French national corvette La Curieuse (18), Cptn. Radelet, off Barbados
HM Fireship Incendiary (16), Cptn. Richard Dalling Dunn, taken and destroyed off Cape Spartel by French Squadron under Rear-Admiral Ganteaume
1805
HMS Raven (14), Lt.(act. Cdr.) William Layman, wrecked on the beach at Santa Catalina, near Cadiz.
HMS Kingfisher (18), Richard William Cribb, captured French privateer Deux Amis (6), Francis Dutrique, in the Caribbean
1810
Boats of HMS Phoenix (36), Cptn Thomas Baker, and HMS Jalouse (18) captured Charles (14).
1814
HMS Holly Schooner (8), Lt. Samuel Sharpe Treacher, parted her cables in a violent gale and ran onto the rocks under the Mount of San Sebastian and was wrecked.
1856
HM paddle-sloop Polyphemus (5), Cdr. F.P. Warren, wrecked on sandbank near Hansholman Light off coast of Jutland
30 January
1761
HMS Venus (32), Cptn. Harrison, and HMS Juno (32), Capt. Henry Towry, took La Brune (32), to the westward of Scilly
1779
HMS Weazel (16), Cdr. Lewis Robertson, was taken by La Boudeuse (36), off St. Eustatia.
1794
HMS Amphitrite (24), Cptn. Anthony Hunt, wrecked after striking an uncharted submerged rock whilst on passage between Elba and Livorno.
1808
HMS Delight captured by the French at Reggio.
1809
Start of Sir A. Cochrane's campaign to capture Martinique.
HM Cutter Haddock (4), Ch. Win. Selwyn, captured by the French brig Genie (16) in the Channel.
1862
USS Monitor launched.
31 January
1748
HMS Nottingham (60), Cptn. Harland, and HMS Portland (50), Cptn. Charles Stevens, took Magnanime (74) off Ushant.
1779
HMS Apollo (32), Cptn. Philemon Pownall, took Oiseau.
1797
HMS Andromache (32) captured an Algerine corsair.
1808
HMS Delight Sloop (16), Philip Cosby Handfield, wrecked on the coast of Calabria.
HMS Leda (38), Cptn. Robert Honeyman, wrecked at the entrance of Milford Haven.
1812
HMS Laurel (36), Cptn. Samuel Campbell Rowley, wrecked on the sunken Govivas rock in Teigneuse Passage, Quiberon Bay.
1823
HMS Naiad (38), Cptn. Robert Cavendish Spencer, and HMS Cameleon (10) captured Algerine corsair Tripoli (18).
1828
HMS Cambrian (38), Cptn. Gawen William Hamilton, wrecked in attacking piratesoff the fort at Grabusa (or Carabousa), a small island about a mile off Akra Vouxa, the north-west point of Crete.
*Dates of events prior to September 1752 may be quoted differently in some countries as both the Julian and Gregorian calendars were in use by countries. Calendars were regularised when Britain passed the Calendar Act of 1751 An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use.