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09 July 2018 10 July 2018
Submitted by @Lepr0n
Not too well known, but the biggest naval battle in the Baltic Sea deserves a honorary mention. Fought between July 9th and 10th, 1790. Pitting over 200 ships on each side against each other, the battle ended with a resounding Swedish victory and destroying large part of the heaviest vessels of the Russian Coastal Fleet - estimated 50-80 ships were lost on the Russian side compared to only 6 Swedish vessels.
Wreck of one of the Russian casualties, frigate Sankt Nikolai, was found in 1948 close to the city of Kotka.
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09 July 2018
Submitted by @whiskey_sk
On this day in history in 1944 the island of Saipan was proclaimed secured by the US forces commander, Admiral Turner. Despite that, scattered groups of Japanese soldiers were still in hiding, including the last organized fighting unit of the Japanese army under Cpt. Sakae Ōba (he surrendered on December 1st, 1945).
Cpt. Oba
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09 July 2023
This event repeats every year forever
Submitted by @Salentine
9 July 1940 - On this in history The Battle of Calabria took place it was one of the first large battles between the Italian Royal Navy (16 DD's, 6 CA's, 8 CL's and 2 BB's including the Guilio Cesare) and the British Royal Navy (16 DD's, 5 CA's, 1 CV and 3 BB's including the Warspite) both forces were escorting vital convoys, the Italians to north Africa and the British to Malta, both sides exchanged fire and retreated.
The Italians suffered damage to 1 battleship, 1 heavy cruiser and 1 destroyer and the British suffered damage to 1 light cruiser and 2 destroyers.
The Warspite hit the Giulio Cesare at well over 24,000 metres (26,000 yd), which at the time was one of the longest-range naval artillery hits in history.
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