Royal Navy destroyer HMS Beverley, launched 1919 as USS Branch and transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940. Imperial War Museum image: FL 2019. Description: an aerial view of a small warship at sea, sailing diagonally from top left to bottom right across the image.

11 Apr 1943 // Destroyer HMS Beverley (ex USS Branch) was torpedoed and sunk in the north-western Atlantic south of Greenland by German submarine U.188 while on convoy duty. 139 men were lost, 5 survivors were picked up but one later died. (Imperial War Museum FL 2019) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Kingston. Imperial War Museum image: FL 8925. Description: a port side view of a single-funnelled warship with prominent gun turrets slowly under way in the open sea.

11 Apr 1942 // Destroyer HMS Kingston was left a total loss by German bombs while in dock for repairs at Malta. She had been damaged at the 2nd Battle of Sirte, and had been hit in two previous air raids since arriving in Malta on 27 March. (Imperial War Museum FL 8925) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1942 // HM Trawler St Cathan, an anti-submarine vessel operating under US Navy control but with her own RN crew, was rammed and cut in half at 2:15am by Dutch merchant vessel Hebe off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. She sank with 30 men lost and 9 survivors. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1941 // HM Trawler Othello hit a mine while repairing boom defences in the Humber Estuary and sank with 11 men lost from her crew of 19. HM Yacht Yorkshire Belle, serving as Othello's tender, was sunk with all 9 crew by another mine while going to her assistance. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1917 // Salvage ship HMS Thrush came ashore near Glenarm, Co. Antrim, in a severe gale, and was wrecked with the loss of eight men. She had been escorting an oil tanker, with another trawler. Both these vessels also ran aground but were refloated. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1917 // HM Trawler Amy, a minesweeper, responding to reports of a submarine possibly minelaying off Le Havre, was sweeping off the entrance to the harbour when she struck a mine and sank with nine crew lost. The minefield had been laid by German submarine UC.26. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

Images: Two prints of the attack by Robert Dodd, c.1809, the first showing the British fireships in action, the second showing #RoyalNavy ships attacking the grounded French ships. (Royal Collection RCIN 735145 and RCIN 735146, public domain via Wikimedia Commons) [4/4] #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1796 // 3rd-rate HMS Ça Ira, captured from the French in 1795 and still bearing her Revolutionary name, was destroyed by fire while at anchor off St Florent, Corsica. The fire was found to have started from a lit match left in the carpenter's cabin by a servant. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1782 // 14-gun schooner HMS Jackal was chased and captured by American 36-gun frigate Deane west of Barbados. Given the superior force of the American ship the Jackal's commander, Lt Gustavus Logie, had no choice but to surrender once she had caught her up. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

11 Apr 1710 (O.S.) // Sloop HMS Success was captured off northern Portugal by two French privateers. They had joined her on the previous evening claiming to be English merchants, and quietly sailed alongside her until dawn, when they ran up French colours and attacked. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

Royal Fleet Auxiliary sailors strike over pay as Russian submarine threats surge Civilian seafarers operating the UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary are on strike. The crews overwhelmingly rejected a Ministry of Defence pay offer this week. This

Royal Fleet Auxiliary civilian seafarers are striking over Ministry of Defence pay. The walkout disrupts naval supply lines just as the RFA Tideforce finishes tracking Russian submarines in the English Channel. #Geopolitics #RoyalNavy #Defense #UK

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Royal Navy submarine HMS Thistle. Imperial War Museum image: FL 4997. Description: a surfaced submarine viewed from off the starboard bow in coastal waters, with the shoreline, and other vessels, visible in the background.

10 Apr 1940 // Submarine HMS Thistle was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U.4 (which she had earlier unsuccessfully attacked) off Stavanger when caught on the surface recharging her batteries. All Thistle's 59 crew were lost. (Imperial War Museum image FL 4997) #RoyalNavy #WW2

10 Apr 1940 // Submarine HMS Tarpon was lost with all 53 crew on or soon after this date, probably sunk by depth charges while attacking a German anti-submarine vessel in the North Sea. Her wreck was found off Thyborøn, Jutland, in 2016. #RoyalNavy #WW2

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Hunter, lost at Narvik on 10 April 1940. Imperial War Museum image: FL 10190. Description: a three-quarter view from off the starboard bow of a destroyer in coastal waters with wooded hills visible in the background.

10 Apr 1940 // Destroyer HMS Hunter, already damaged during combat with German destroyers, was accidentally struck from behind by HMS Hotspur off Narvik, and capsized and sank. 107 of her crew were lost, a further 5 later died of wounds. (Imperial War Museum FL 10190) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Hardy, lost at Narvik on 10 April 1940. Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons. Description: a starboard side profile view of a destroyer under way in the open sea.

10 Apr 1940 // Destroyer HMS Hardy was heavily damaged fighting to her last torpedo and shell against German destroyers off Narvik, and capsized after being beached. 32 men died. Captain B A W Warburton-Lee was awarded a posthumous VC. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

10 Apr 1780 // 16-gun brig HMS Active was captured off New Jersey by 20-gun American privateer General Pickering. She was in no state to resist: she was severely battered and leaking badly after enduring a storm, during which seven of her guns had been heaved overboard. #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

The Salisbury battled two French ships, both of 46 guns, for two hours, until the arrival of two more enemy ships brought about her surrender. By this time she had 17 dead and her masts and rigging were wrecked. Eight ships from the convoy were taken by the French. [2/2] #RoyalNavy #NavalHistory

HMS Leopard pursued by the Dutch warship Waakzaamheid in the Roaring Forties by British artist Geoff Hunt.

Readers of Patrick O’Brian may recognise it as the cover art for Desolation Island

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UK Defense Secretary reveals months-long Russian submarine operation over cables and pipelines in the Atlantic For more than a month, Britain’s armed forces tracked the movements of three Russian submarines in the North Atlantic, UK Defense Secretary John Healey…

De tre ryska ubåtarna uppges ha befunnit sig i närheten av viktig #infrastruktur i Nordatlanten i flera månaders tid, övervakade/jagade av #RoyalNavy

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Le Royaume-Uni a surveillé trois sous-marins russes espions près de câbles sous-marins dans l’Atlantique Nord Les forces armées britanniques, en collaboration avec la Norvège, ont suivi pendant un mois des sous-marins russes soupçonnés d’espionner des infrastructures critiques

La #RoyalNavy a surveillé trois sous-marins espions russes près de câbles sous-marins dans l’Atlantique Nord via @portailsousmarin.bsky.social www.sudouest.fr/internationa...

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#RoyalNavy has foiled threee Russian submarines spying on #Britain's undersea cables.
#JohnHealey exposed the sabotage threat in the #NorthAtlantic.

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Royal Navy destroyer HMS Lance entering Grand Harbour, Malta, 8 January 1942. Imperial War Museum image: A 7266. Description: a warship entering harbour with a lighthouse in the background on the left, a small vessel just beyond her, and another ship about to enter the harbour in the background.

9 Apr 1942 // Destroyer HMS Lance was severely damaged by air attack while docked for repairs at Malta. She had already been damaged in a raid on 5 April. She was salvaged and towed to back to Britain but was declared a total loss. (Imperial War Museum image A 7266) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

9 Apr 1942 // Corvette HMS Hollyhock was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon. She was hit by three bombs and sank in under a minute with the loss of 54 crew. Survivors were picked up by a boat from the tanker Athelstone, which she had been escorting (also sunk). #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

A wartime view of HMS Hermes off Ceylon. Imperial War Museum image: A 30464. Description: an aircraft carrier with a prominent superstructure and aircraft on her deck photographed at sea with another warship visible just ahead of her.

HMS Hermes sinking after Japanese air attack, 9 April 1942. Australian War Memorial 30243, public domain image. Description: an aerial photograph of an aircraft carrier sinking, with her bow section under water, wreathed in smoke and steam.

9 Apr 1942 // Aircraft carrier HMS Hermes was sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon. She had left Trincomalee the previous day without her aircraft, in company with HMAS Vampire (also sunk). 307 men from Hermes died. (Images: IWM A 30464, Australian War Memorial 30243) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

9 Apr 1941 // Paddle minesweeper HMS Marmion and HM Drifter D'Arcy Cooper were moored together at Harwich during an air raid when the latter was sunk by a direct hit with four men killed. The Marmion was set on fire and damaged beyond repair, with one man killed. #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Gurkha. Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons. Description: a port side view of a two-funnelled warship with men visible drawn up on her decks and a coastline in the background.

9 Apr 1940 // Destroyer HMS Gurkha was sunk off Stavanger by German aircraft during the Norway Campaign with the loss of 16 of her crew. 190 survivors were rescued by light cruiser HMS Aurora. (Image: Wikimedia Commons) #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

9 Apr 1918 // HM Trawler Lord Hardinge, a Grimsby boat in naval service as a minesweeper, sank off the entrance to Cork harbour near the Daunt Lightship after colliding just after midnight with HM Trawler James Johnson. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

9 Apr 1918 // HM Drifter Annie Smith, an Inverness boat in naval service as a net barrier tender, sank in the Bristol Channel after colliding with merchant ship SS Ballycotton off Lundy. No lives were lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

9 Apr 1917 // HM Trawler Orthos, an Aberdeen boat in naval service as a minesweeper, was sweeping off Lowestoft when she struck a mine laid on the previous day by submarine UC.14. The mine exploded beneath her bows, and she sank with one man lost. #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory

9 Apr 1676 (O.S.) // Hulk HMS Europa was destroyed by fire at Malta. She was a former Dutch vessel captured in 1673, initially used as a storage hulk at Tangier and transferred to Malta in May 1675 to support #RoyalNavy warships operating against the Algerine corsairs. [1/2]