SeaWaves Today in History July 30, 2008
1578 - Martin Frobisher c1539-1594 finds his missing ships Judith and Michael behind Anne Warwick (Kodlunarn) Island
1583 - Humphrey Gilbert c1537-1583 reaches coast of Newfoundland; sails south to Funk Island which he names Penguin Island (Auks); rounds Baccalieu Island and Cape St. Francis
1618 - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 sets sail from Tadoussac for Honfleur, France
1729 - The city of Baltimore was founded
1839 - Slave rebels, take over slaver Amistad
1844 - Four sailors from ship Saladin, hanged for piracy at Halifax
1844 - First US yacht club organized, NY Yacht Club
1855 - Jean-François Gravelet the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1870 - Staten Island ferry "Westfield" burns, killing 100
1880 - Inauguration of the Louise Basin in the port of Quebec
1887 - Victoria Bridge completed; first railway bridge over the St. Lawrence
1911 - Cruiser HMCS Niobe grounded off Cape Sable. To refit until late 1912
1912 - Japanese Emperor Meiji died and was succeeded by Yoshihito. During Meiji's reign Japan was transformed into one of the modern world's great powers
1914 - Grand Trunk Pacific dock burns in Seattle
1918 - Minesweeper HMS Harrow launched
1918 - Rescue tug HMS Resolve launched
1918 - Units of First Marine Aviation Force arrive at Brest, France
1918 - A U-boat torpedoed a merchant ship, Stock Force, in the English Channel, and then made the mistake of surfacing to finish her off with gunfire. Stock Force was in fact a Royal Navy Q Ship, with concealed armament, commanded by Lieutenant Auten. He let the U-boat close to only 300 yards, and then opened a devastating fire which sank the submarine. A torpedo boat arrived to rescue Auten and his men as Stock Force sank. Auten received the Victoria Cross
1919 - Submarine USS R-9 commissioned
1919 - Destroyer USS Hopkins laid down
1919 - Minesweeper USS Warbler launched
1920 - Destroyer USS Overton commissioned
1923 - New Zealand claims Ross Dependency
1925 - Submarine HNLMS O-10 launched
1925 - Destroyer FS La Railleuse laid down
1928 - Destroyers HMS Anthony & Ardent laid down
1930 - Sloop HMS Scarborough commissioned
1935 - Submarine FS Perle launched
1935 - U-9 launched
1936 - Submarine HMS Sunfish launched
1938 - Destroyer USS Davis launched
1939 - Soviet submarine K-51 launched
1940 - U-129 laid down
1940 - U-93 commissioned
1940 - Britain is to extend the naval blockade of ships which may be carrying supplies to Germany to take in virtually all ships crossing the North Atlantic. The Minister for Economic Warfare, Hugh Dalton, told the Commons today that the steps were necessary now that Germany controlled the European coast from the North Cape to the Pyrenes. Neutral countries will be granted "Navicerts" to cover domestic needs, but not for re-export. France and all French Africa are to be designated enemy territory
1940 - Minesweeper HMCS Reo II chartered. Log - Built Meteghan, NS. 129/31, 96x17.4x7.4ft, 9kts, crew 4/32, a former rumrunner, hired as auxiliary minesweeper. Post WW.II, Paid off 1946, 1981 owned by Lunenburg Marine Museum Society, however later Maint/requirements were prohibitive & she was towed on Sunday Feb 24 1985, 35 miles NE of Halifax & scuttled
1941 - At 0138, the Shahristan, dispersed from Convoy OS-1, was torpedoed and sunk by U-371 SE of the Azores. The master, 38 crewmembers and 26 passengers were lost. 33 survivors were picked up by the Spanish tanker Campeche and 37 survivors by HMS Sunflower and landed at Ponta Delgada, Azores. Six survivors were rescued by HMS Derbyshire and landed at Gourock
1941 - At 0246, the Sitoebondo, dispersed from Convoy OS-1, was hit by a torpedo from U-371 after they had witnessed the sinking of Shahristan about one hour earlier by the same U-boat. She sank after being hit by two coup de grâce at 0254 and 0337. The 71 crewmembers and six passengers had abandoned ship in three lifeboats after the first hit when the stern settled. The Spanish tanker Campeche picked up the occupants of two boats the next day. The Spanish tanker Campero rescued two crewmembers on a raft after about six days. The 17 crewmembers and two passengers in the last boat were never found
1941 - U-382 laid down
1941 - U-508 launched
1941 - U-504 commissioned
1941 - Corvette FS Renoncule commissioned
1941 - Destroyer HMS Puckeridge commissioned
1941 - Submarine HMS Trusty commissioned
1941 - Submarine HMS Unseen laid down
1941 - Japanese aircraft bomb USS Tutuila at Chungking, China; first USN ship damaged by Axis during World War II
1941 - Minesweeper HMCS Ingonish launched North Vancouver BC
1941 - Minesweeper HM MMS 107 ordered from Chatier Maritime de St. Laurent PQ
1941 - Aircraft from HMS Victorious and HMS Furious attack German shipping and installations near Kirkenes and Petsamo, Norway. Petsamo (today Petchenga in Russia) the territory was Finnish, but effectively controlled by Germans. The British attack came just after Finland had informed UK that the diplomatic ties will be 'interrupted'. The attack gave the Finnish Government the official reason for the severing of the diplomatic ties, and the fact was made public on 1 Aug
1941 - On 9th July 1941 Cachalot departed from Alexandria loaded with stores bound for Malta and arrived on the 16th. She left again on the 26th with personnel bound for Alexandria and instructions to look out for an escorted tanker heading for Benghazi. At 2 o’clock on the morning of 30th July a destroyer was spotted heading towards Cachalot, forcing the submarine to dive. On returning to the surface the submarine was spotted and attacked by the Italian destroyer which steamed in firing its guns. Cachalot’s diving drill was sorely hampered when the upper hatch jammed, thereby preventing a crash dive, and the Italian destroyer rammed into her, although not at great speed as the Italian Captain had realized that the order to abandon the submarine had already been given. As the crew went into the water the main vents were opened and Cachalot sank in very deep water. All the crew, apart from a Maltese steward, were picked up by the destroyer and transported to Benghazi from where they were taken to a POW camp near Naples, until repatriation in 1943
1942 - Minesweeper HMS Acute commissioned
1942 - Submarine USS Grunion missing off Kiska Aleutian Islands end of July 1942. Probably sunk by the Japanese submarine I-25
1942 - Destroyer USS Frazier commissioned
1942 - Submarine USS Runner commissioned
1942 - Minesweeping trawler HMS Ulva launched
1942 - Frigates HMS Jed & Ness launched
1942 - Light cruiser HMS Ceylon launched
1942 - At 2048, the unescorted Danmark was torpedoed and sunk by gunfire by U-130 south of the Cape Verde Islands. The master, 37 crewmembers and eight gunners were picked up by the Norwegian tanker Mosli and landed at Freetown
1942 - At 0110, the Pacific Pioneer in Convoy ON-113 was torpedoed and sunk by U-132 SW of Sable Island. The master, 58 crewmembers, eight gunners and four passengers were picked up by HMCS Calgary and landed at Halifax
1942 - At 1958, the unescorted Cranford was hit by one torpedo from U-155 about 250 miles ESE of Barbados, as she was proceeding on a nonevasive course at 8.6 knots because of a lack of fuel and daylight conditions. The torpedo struck on the starboard side between #2 and #3 holds. Her cargo caused the ship to sink bow first within three minutes. The complement of nine officers, 27 men and 11 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 3-in, four .50cal and two .30cal guns) left the ship in one lifeboat and two rafts, but the most men had to jump overboard. Six officers (among them the master), three crewmen and two armed guards died. U-155 surfaced, questioned the survivors and asked them if they could do anything for them. Two injured survivors were treated on board the U-boat and water, supplies and directions to land were given before U-155 left. Several hours after the sinking the survivors were picked up by the Spanish steam tanker Castillo Alemenara and landed at Curaçao on 3 August
1942 - U-375 sank two sailing vessels 80 nautical miles south of Cyprus. At 1245, Amina with gunfire and at 1328 the Ekbal by gunfire and ramming
1942 - At 1216, U-77 fired torpedoes at a small destroyer and heard three hits, but no detonations, after 61 seconds. However, seven minutes later there was a dull (presumed internal) explosion. U-77 may have hit the Fany, which was not spotted as she was sailing beyond the escort vessel that was targeted
1942 - U-525, U-633 commissioned
1942 - U-192, U-228 launched
1942 - The Japanese occupy small islands between Timor and New Guinea in an effort to support their campaign against Port Moresby, New Guinea
1942 - US submarine Grunion, commanded by Mannert L. Abele, is lost to unknown causes, off Kiska. All hands are lost
1942 - After laying mines off New Orleans on 27 July, U-166 attacks convoy TAW 7 about 25 miles SE of the mouth of the Mississippi River and sinks the US ship SS Robert E Lee. All of the crew is rescued
1942 - FDR signs act establishing WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). During World War II, over 80,000 officer and enlisted women served in the WAVES
1942 - Minesweeper HMCS Port Hope commissioned
1943 - Destroyer USS Brush laid down
1943 - Frigate USS Charlottesville launched
1943 - Destroyer USS Uhlmann launched
1943 - Frigate HMS Glenarm commissioned
1943 - Destroyer USS Franks commissioned
1943 - In the Aleutian Islands, the US destroyers USS Farragut & Hull bombard the Gertrude Cove and main camp areas of Kiska Island. All of the Japanese troops have been evacuated
1943 - U-230 lays mines off the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay
1943 - U-43 (Type IX) is sunk south-west of the Azores, in position 34.57N, 35.11W, by a Fido homing torpedo from a US Navy F4F Wildcats and TBF Avenger of Composite Squadron Twenty Nine (VC-29) in the escort aircraft carrier USS Santee. All hands on the U-boat (55 men) are lost. U-43 was supposed to rendezvous with U-403 and then goes on and sows mines off Lagos, Nigeria
1943 - U-375 (Type VIIC) is sunk in the western Mediterranean NW of Malta, in position 36.40N, 12.28E, by depth charges from the US submarine chaser USS PC 624. All hands on the U-boat (46 men) are lost
1943 - U-461 (Type XIV) is sunk in the Bay of Biscay north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain at 45.33N, 10.48W, by a Royal Australian Air Force Sunderland Mk III of No. 461 Squadron based at Pembroke Dock, Wales. 15 of the 68 men on the U-boat survive
1943 - U-462 (Type XIV) is sunk by a Royal Air Force Halifax Mk II of No. 502 Squadron based at Holmsley South, Hampshire, England, and gunfire from the British sloops HMS Wren, HMS Kite, HMS Woodpecker, HMS Wild Goose and HMS Woodcock in the Bay of Biscay at 45.33N, 10.58W. 65 of the 65 crewman on the U-boat survive
1943 - Submarine HMS Vengeful laid down
1943 - U-504 (Type IXC) is sunk at 1543 hours in the North Atlantic north-west of Cape Ortegal, Spain, in position 45.33N, 10.56W, by depth charges from the British Sloops HMS Kite, HMS Woodpecker, HMS Wren and HMS Wild Goose. All hands, 53 men, on the U-boat are lost
1943 - U-591 (Type VIIC) is sunk in the South Atlantic near Pernambuco, Brazil, in position 08.36S, 34.34W, by depth charges from a US Navy PV-1 Ventura of Bombing Squadron One Hundred Twenty Seven based at NAF Natal, Brazil. 28 of the 47-man crew survive. The 28 survivors, including the U-boat captain, were picked by the gunboat USS Saucy (ex HMS Arabis)
1943 - U-604 attacked by a Liberator aircraft (VB-129) and both the IWO and the Boatswain were killed in action. [Oberleutnant zur See Frank Aschmann and Oberbootsmaat Herbert Lurz]
1944 - Minesweeper USS Hilarity launched
1944 - USS YMS-304 sunk by mine off Normandy
1944 - USS YMS-378 sunk by mine off Normandy
1944 - Submarine HMS Varne commissioned
1944 - Submarines USS Kete & Sea Poacher commissioned
1944 - With Admiral Berkley's TF 78 supporting, General Sibert's 6th Division lands, unopposed, on the islands of Amsterdam and Middleburg off Cape Sansapor, New Guinea
1944 - U-250 (Type VIIC) is sunk at 1940 in the Baltic Sea in the Gulf of Finland, at position 60.28N, 28.25E, by depth charges from Russian sub chaser MO-103. 46 dead, 6 survivors. Raised in Sep 1944. At 1242 hrs U-250 attacked the 56-ton Russian sub chaser MO 105 with a G7e torpedo, at the north side of the Koivisto-strait in the Gulf of Finland. The Russian boat was destroyed easily (19 dead, 7 survivors), but the noise of the explosion brought other Russian boats to the location. At 1910, Russian Oberleutnant Aleksandr Kolenko, chief of MO 103 got a sonar contact on U-250 and dropped five depth charges. U-250 was not heavily damaged, but there was seen on the water an air-bubbles track and so MO 103 dropped a second series of five depth charges. One of these exploded over the diesel room and U-250 got a big hole in the hull and sank. Kapitänleutnant Werner-Karl Schmidt along with five other crewmembers in the control-room got themselves out at the last minute. Needless to say the Russians were thrilled to have a German U-boat captain alive and a sunken U-boat in shallow waters. Russian divers soon discovered that the boat lay at only 27-meter depth with only a slight listing of 14 degrees to the right and a large hole over the top of the diesel room. Two large air tanks, 200 tons each, were transported to the area and the Russians worked behind a smoke-curtain to raise the boat. The Germans and the Finnish did what they could to prevent the boat with the new secret T5 (Zaunkönig) acoustic-torpedo falling into Soviet hands. Finnish coastal artillery and German torpedo boats made frequent attacks on the salvage site but to no avail. Finally in September 1944 the Russian raised U-250 and towed it between air tanks to Kronstadt for examination. On 15 Sept 1944 U-250 came into the dry dock at Kronstadt. The former Commander Kptlt. Schmidt had to go first into the now dry boat, as the Russian believed some explosive charges might still be on the boat. The 6 survivors then spent some years in Russian captivity. From 12 April 1945 to 20 Aug 1945 in the Russian Navy as TS-14. Later broken up
1944 - U-481 attacked by two Soviet Il-2 (35. ShAP) in Narwa Bay in the Baltic. One Il-2 damaged and later ditched
1944 - At 1142, the MO-105 was hit by one G7e torpedo from U-250 and sank immediately at the north side of the Koivisto strait in the Gulf of Finland. The explosion brought other Soviet submarine chasers to the location and the U-boat was located and sunk in the evening by MO-103
1944 - At 1736, U-481 fired a Gnat at group of coastal minesweepers in Narva Bay and observed a hit after 35 seconds and saw the KT-804 (No 35) sink. At 1740, a second Gnat was fired, which detonated after 1 minute 55 seconds. Andersen could not observe the sinking of the KT-807 (No 42), but he saw how the damaged KT-806 was towed away. The U-boat later found wreckage at the site
1944 - U-621 attacked an unknown convoy in the English Channel with LUT torpedoes and claimed a ship of 9,000 tons sunk. In fact the Ascanius was damaged
1945 - The converted troopship Ile de France leaves Britain for Canada, repatriating 7289 veterans back home. Unlike their previous crossing, the troops will enjoy a trouble-free trip as there are no U-boats threatening to sink their ship
1945 - Destroyer USS Carpenter laid down
1945 - Destroyer USS Noa launched
1945 - Frigates HMS Veryan Bay & Whitesand Bay commissioned
1945 - 1842 RN Sqn, Corsair a/c #KD621 off HMS Formidable piloted by Lt (P) James Finlay Ross RCNVR of Truro NS killed. Lost, wing folded on takeoff & crashed at sea
1945 - Japanese submarine, I-58, sinks USS Indianapolis in Philippine Sea. 316 out of 1199 crew survived. After delivering parts of the atomic bomb to Tinian, USS Indianapolis was dispatched to Guam where she disembarked men and reported for onward routine to Leyte. From there she was to report to Vice Admiral Jesse B Oldendorf for further duty off Okinawa. Departing Guam 28 July, USS Indianapolis proceeded by a direct route unescorted. Early in the morning, 0015 hours, 2 heavy explosions occurred against her starboard side forward, and she capsized and sank in 12 minutes. Two torpedoes had hit the ship. The seas had been moderate; the visibility, good, USS Indianapolis had been steaming at 17 knots. When the ship did not reach Leyte on the 31 July, as scheduled, no report was made that she was overdue. This omission was due to a misunderstanding of the Movement Report System. Thus it was not until 1025 on 2 August that the survivors were sighted, mostly held afloat by life jackets, although there were a few rafts which had been cut loose before the ship went down. A plane on routine patrol sighted them; the pilot immediately dropped a life raft and a radio transmitter. All air and surface units capable of rescue operations were dispatched to the scene at once, and the surrounding waters were thoroughly searched for survivors
1945 - Destroyer HMCS Saguenay paid off
1950 - Canadian Destroyers Cayuga Athabaskan and Sioux arrive in Sasebo Japan
1953 - Destroyer HMCS Chaudiere laid down Halifax NS
1953 - Destroyer HMCS Saguenay launched Halifax NS
1954 - Officials dedicate the Pioneer Memorial Bridge (Blue Bridge) spanning the Columbia between Pasco and Kennewick
1954 - Destroyer HMCS Cayuga departed Paeng Yong Do for Tae Chong Do and then Sasebo
1954 - Minesweeper HMCS Miramichi (II) commissioned
1956 - Patrol vessel HMCS Blue Heron commissioned
1963 - Soviet spy Kim Philby resurfaced in Moscow after his escape from the West
1964 - USS Kearsarge port call Yokosuka
1967 - USS Forrestal port call Subic Bay
1968 - USS Ticonderoga port call Yokosuka
1970 - Supply ship HMCS Preserver commissioned
1975 - Cindy Nicholas of Toronto, 17, sets women's record time for swimming the English Channel in nine hours, 46 minutes
1980 - British New Hebrides becomes independent & takes name Vanuatu
1982 - Ottawa and Nova Scotia announce $500 million oil and gas drilling program off the Nova Scotia coast
1984 - Tanker Alvenus at Cameron LA, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil
1993 - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia - Over 100 southwestern Nova Scotia fishermen end 8-day marine blockade after Fisheries and Oceans orders foreign trawlers fishing off the south coast to leave
2000 - Submarine HMCS Onondaga paid off Halifax
2003 - Seattle Seafair commences
2005 - The Navy commissioned the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer Halsey during an 11 a.m. PDT ceremony at Pier J, Naval Air Station, Coronado, Calif. Sen. John McCain of Arizona will deliver the ceremony's principal address. Heidi Cooke Halsey, Anne Halsey-Smith, and Alice "Missy" Spruance Talbot will serve as sponsors of the ship named for their grandfather. In a time-honored Navy tradition, they will give the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!" Halsey honors US Naval Academy graduate Fleet Adm. William F. Halsey Jr. (1882-1959). During World War I, Cmdr. Halsey was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions while in command of the USS Benham and the USS Shaw during convoy escort duties. Designated a naval aviator in 1935 at the age of 52, he took command of the USS Saratoga from 1935 until 1937. In February 1942, then Vice Adm. Halsey, while serving as commander, Carrier Division Two aboard the USS Enterprise, led the first counter-strikes of World War II against the Japanese with carrier raids on the Gilbert and Marshall Islands. Later that year, his task force launched the famous "Doolittle Raid" against targets on the Japanese homeland. Assigned as commander, South Pacific Force and South Pacific Area on Oct. 18, 1942, Halsey led the Navy, Marine Corps, and Army forces that conquered the strategically important Solomon Islands. Subsequently as commander, Third Fleet, his task forces consistently won hard fought victories during campaigns in the Philippines, Okinawa, and other islands. Nicknamed "Bull" Halsey, he embodied his slogan, "hit hard, hit fast, hit often." On Dec. 11, 1945, he became the fourth officer to hold the rank of fleet admiral. One previous ship has been named Halsey (DLG/CG-23), a guided missile destroyer leader, later classified a guided missile cruiser. The USS Halsey's service (1963-1994) included eight battle stars for Vietnam Service in addition to a Navy Unit Commendation and a Meritorious Unit Commendation, and participation in contingency operations in Korean waters (1969-1971) and in the Indian Ocean (1980). Halsey is the 47th ship of 62 Arleigh Burke class destroyers. In support of the National Military Strategy, this highly capable multi-mission ship
can conduct a variety of operations, from peacetime presence and crisis management to sea control and power projection. Halsey will be capable of fighting air, surface, and subsurface battles simultaneously. The ship contains a number of offensive and defensive weapons designed to support maritime defense needs well into the 21st century
2005 - At half past seven this evening Aberdeen Coastguard took a call from the vessel Dea Pilot who reported receiving a Mayday distress call on VHF Ch 16 (the International Distress and Calling Frequency) from a ten meter cabin cruiser. The cabin cruiser called Elseth with a family of two adults and two teenage children aged thirteen and fourteen were on passage from Norway to Scotland when they were overcome by the bad weather. The weather on scene in a position 120 miles from Aberdeen is Northerly, near gale force 7 gusting to gale force 8, with a six meter swell and light rain. The weather is forecast to increase during the night. The Dea Pilot is a standby vessel to the Balmoral Oil installation and was fortunately in a position only two miles from the cabin cruiser. The Dea Pilot was able to go and stand by the Elseth but the weather was too bad to rescue the family from their vessel. Aberdeen Coastguard scrambled the Coastguard Rescue helicopter Oscar Charlie from Sumburgh in Shetland who will evacuate the family back to Shetland
2005 - Navy Commander Thomas Graves takes over command of “Old Ironsides'' during a ceremony aboard the 207-year-old warship. Graves replaces Commander Lewin Wright, who had the job for two years. Wright is moving on to a new post at the Pentagon. The Constitution earned the nickname “Old Ironsides'' in a legendary battle with a British frigate during the War of 1812. It's the oldest commissioned ship afloat in the world. The Constitution's permanent home is at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston
2005 - The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a 56-foot fishing vessel Saturday afternoon near Destruction Island WA after finding multiple safety violations on the vessel. USCGC Active, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Port Angeles conducted a boarding of the tribal fishing vessel Yun Ye and terminated its voyage for not having enough survival suits onboard, insufficient number of flares and having an expired life raft onboard. Coast Guard Station Quillayute River OR escorted the vessel safely into La Push WA
2006 - Portland Coastguard were alerted at 2045 by a very shaken member of the public who reported that she had seen a man fall from the cliff top at Swanage. The report suggested that a male who appeared to be asleep on the cliff top, had woken up and rolled off the cliff top
2006 - Clyde Coastguard dealt with a particularly painful incident when it was reported by means of a Mayday signal that a woman on the 33 foot Sigma 76 yacht `Skimble Shanks' off Rhu Point on the Firth of Clyde, had been heavily hit by the boom of the yacht suffering head injuries. At the time she was unconscious and needed urgent medical treatment
2006 - USS Cleveland responded to a distress call from an injured fisherman while en route to Seattle SeaFair. Cleveland’s Commanding Officer, Capt. Frank McCulloch overheard the distress call from the Seattle fishing boat to the US Coast Guard, and ordered the ship to divert to the boat’s location. Cleveland was within 15 miles of the fishing boat
2006 - A memorial plaque for a legendary Russian warship that sank off southern Scotland in 1920. The plaque commemorating the imperial cruiser Varyag will be unveiled in the town of Lendlefoot, on the Firth of Clyde, in a ceremony timed to coincide with Russia's Navy Day
2006 - MV CS Ocean, a 560-foot commercial cargo ship, grounded at approximately 1330. The vessel grounded while anchored at the lower anchorage on the Columbia River near the Willamette junction in Vancouver, Wash. A command post was set up at Coast Guard Sector Portland, Ore, to safely resolve the situation. Coast Guard officials from Sector Portland and a ship's representative quickly joined forces to develop plans to refloat the vessel and determine if any damage had been done. There was no pollution discharge as a result of the grounding
2007 - An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 195, part of Carrier Air Wing Five, was lost at sea during a night training mission from USS Kitty Hawk. The pilot ejected and was safely recovered by a US Navy helicopter shortly after the incident, which took place about 400 miles southeast of Guam
2007 - Cruiser USS Cape St George arrived at new homeport of San Diego
2007 - The remains of a Confederate sailor, recovered several years ago from a shipwreck at the bottom of the English Channel, buried in Mobile in a handmade wooden coffin pulled by a horse-drawn caisson. The unidentified sailor’s skeletal remains were found on the underside of a cannon raised from the wreck of the CSS Alabama in about 200 feet of water. The Confederate warship was sunk in the channel off the coast of France on June 19, 1864, by USS Kearsarge. More than 400 artifacts have been recovered from the site by American and French divers
2007 - One fisherman was killed as Libyan coast guards opened fire on an Egyptian fishing boat that had strayed into Libya’s territorial waters

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