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Tuesday, 13 July 2010
2 July 1771 Lieutenant James Cook returned to Britain on HMS Endeavour from his first voyage
 
13 July 1942 Stoker Petty Officer B.E. Bennett awarded the DSM for service in the T-class submarine HMS Torbay
 
13 July 1942 Lieutenant G.J. Macdonald awarded a Bar to his DSC while in command of MTB 241 and the leader of the 21st MTB Flotilla.
 
14 July 1974 HMS Hermes, Andromeda and Rhyl evacuate British citizens off Cyprus after the Turkish invasion.
 
15 July 1914 HMS Philomel commissioned for naval service in New Zealand by Captain P. Hall-Thompson.
 
16 July 1945 The Manhattan Project detonates the first nuclear device (TRINITY) at the Alamogordo air base in New Mexico
 
17 July 1945 First combined attack on the Japanese mainland island of Honshu by the British Pacific Fleet the cruiser HMS Black Prince is part of the fleet.
 
17 July 1945 HMNZS Achilles departs Auckland for paying off.
 
18 July 1914 The Royal Navy holds a Fleet Review as war clouds gather over Europe.
 
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