On this day 8 July - Venetians and Turks battle for the island of Corfu

[7eat51]

On the 8th of July 1716, Venetian and Turkish fleets battled off the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea. The Turks wanted to capture the island, and in May of that year, they sailed from the Dardanelles Strait under the command of Kapudan Pasha Canum Hoca. The Venetians, under the command of Andrea Cornaro, set out to meet the Turks, and on the 8th of July, the two forces engaged. Cornaro led his 27 ships southward along the Albanian coast, whereupon he attacked the Turkish fleet as he approached the island. Canum Hoca sailed out with the majority of his fleet to meet Cornaro. Throughout the afternoon, the two forces battled until the darkness of evening and still wind brought the fighting to a close. Though the engagement, itself, was indecisive, it demonstrated that the Turkish fleet was a viable target.

For more on today’s event:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_July_8,_1716

[Anav]

On 8 July 1777, British Frigate HMS Rainbow and the Brig HMS Flora chased the Continental Frigates Boston and Hancock and her prize, British Frigate HMS Fox, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Frigate Boston escaped but Hancock and Fox were later captured. Previously, HMS Fox was captured off New England on 27 June. Hancock was renamed HMS Iris and used by the British Royal Navy. On 11September 1781, she was captured by the French in Chesapeake Bay. Ex-Hancock was later converted to a hulk in 1791 and blown up the by Royal Navy at Toulon, France, on 18 December 1793.
Read more about the Continental Frigate Hancock:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hancock-ii.htm --
Read more about the Continental Frigate Boston:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/boston2.htm --

[Anav]

On 8 July 1778, the Allied French fleet under Admiral Comte d'Estaing arrived in America with reinforcements for the American Revolution and participated in the Battle of Rhode Island and at the Siege of Savannah. In 1780, Admiral Comte d’Estaing returned to France.
Read more about Comte d’Estaing:
http://www.history.army.mil/books/RevWar/Yorktown/AWC-Ytn-05.htm

[David Manley]

On 8 July 1777, British Frigate HMS Rainbow and the Brig HMS Flora chased the Continental Frigates Boston and Hancock and her prize, British Frigate HMS Fox, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Frigate Boston escaped but Hancock and Fox were later captured. Previously, HMS Fox was captured off New England on 27 June. Hancock was renamed HMS Iris and used by the British Royal Navy. On 11September 1781, she was captured by the French in Chesapeake Bay. Ex-Hancock was later converted to a hulk in 1791 and blown up the by Royal Navy at Toulon, France, on 18 December 1793.
Read more about the Continental Frigate Hancock:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hancock-ii.htm --
Read more about the Continental Frigate Boston:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/boston2.htm --

Bad news for someone in my family tree there :)

[DeRuyter]

On 8 July 1777, British Frigate HMS Rainbow and the Brig HMS Flora chased the Continental Frigates Boston and Hancock and her prize, British Frigate HMS Fox, off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Frigate Boston escaped but Hancock and Fox were later captured. Previously, HMS Fox was captured off New England on 27 June. Hancock was renamed HMS Iris and used by the British Royal Navy. On 11September 1781, she was captured by the French in Chesapeake Bay. Ex-Hancock was later converted to a hulk in 1791 and blown up the by Royal Navy at Toulon, France, on 18 December 1793.
Read more about the Continental Frigate Hancock:
http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h2/hancock-ii.htm --
Read more about the Continental Frigate Boston:
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/boston2.htm --

Sounds like a good SoG scenario!