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1966 1st British nuclear sub HMS Resolution launched
1949 British warship HMS Amethyst escape down Yangtze River, having been refused a safe passage by Chinese Communists after 3-month standoff 1944 Biggest and last British Battleship HMS Vanguard runs aground 1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York 1941 Bismarck sinks British battle cruiser HMS Hood, 1,416 die 3 survive 1939 German U-47 sinks British battleship HMS Royal Oak, 833 killed 1918 HMS Vindictive sunk to block entrance of Ostend Harbor 1914 Battleship HMS Bulwark explodes at Sheerness Harbor England, 788 die 1914 John Murray, piloted HMS Challenger to Christmas Island, dies 1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1882 British HMS Flirt fire at and destroy Abari village in Niger 1882 British HMS Flirt destroys village of Asaba Niger 1879 Gilbert and Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" debuts at Bowery Theater New York City 1878 Gilbert/Sullivans opera "HMS Pinafore," premieres in London 1876 HMS Challenger returns from 128,000-km oceanographic exploration 1872 HMS Challenger sets sail on 3 -year world oceanographic cruise 1836 Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years) 1836 HMS Beagle anchors at St. Michael 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands 1836 HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin return to Bahia, Brazil 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Ascension 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Saint-Helena 1836 HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope 1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius 1836 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands 1836 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves Australia 1836 HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave Tasmania 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land, also known as Tasmania, Australia 1836 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Sydney, Australia 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sail from New Zealand to Sydney 1835 HMS Beagle sails into Bay of Islands (New Zealand) 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin approaches New Zealand 1835 HMS Beagle leaves Tahiti for New Zealand 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach Tahiti 1835 HMS Beagle leaves Galapagos Archipelago/sails to Tahiti 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache James Island, Galapagos archipelago 1835 HMS Beagle sails to Charles Island in Galapagos archipelago 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache Galapagos Islands 1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile 1835 HMS Beagle returns from Concepcion to Valparaiso 1835 HMS Beagle moves into Bay of Concepcion 1835 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile 1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Chonos Archipelago 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile 1834 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1834 HMS Beagle anchors in Bay of Valparaiso 1834 HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean 1834 HMS Beagle sails from Port Famine to Cape Turn 1834 HMS Beagle for anchor in Port Famine, Magallanes Street 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at river mouth of Rio Santa Cruz, Patagonia 1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Berkeley Sound, Falkland Islands 1834 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrive in Port San Julian, Patagonia 1833 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrives in Port Deseado, Patagonia 1833 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin departs Rio de la Plata 1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina 1833 HMS Beagle reaches river mouth of Rio Negro 1833 HMS Beagle departs Maldonado Uruguay 1833 HMS Beagle anchors at Goeree Tierra del Fuego 1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Wigwam Bay at Cape Receiver 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reaches Barnevelts Islands 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin sails in Strait Le Maire 1832 HMS Beagle anchors in Montevideo 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart Rio de Janeiro 1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro 1832 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reache St-Pauls, 1 degrees N, 29 degrees W 1831 Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle 1831 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin depart England for South America 1831 Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle 1831 Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle 1831 John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle 1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast 1789 Fletcher Christian leads Mutiny on HMS Bounty and Captain William Bligh 1779 John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis 1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies "Elisabeth" battles with HMS Lion |
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