1801: Off Algeciras, Sir James Saumarez avenged the loss a few days before of HMS Hannibal during a fight with shore batteries. Although his other ships had also suffered damage, he succeeded in repairing them with remarkable speed at Gibraltar, and returned unexpectedly to Algeciras. There he caught a Franco-Spanish squadron at night and took three ships of the line, including two Spanish First Rate three-deckers.

1940: During the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe continued their offensive against Channel convoys, while one lone bomber raided Aberdeen before being shot down.

1943: 295 Lancasters from Bomber Command raided Turin, flying the long return route across France and the Alps. Good weather allowed accurate bombing. Thirteen Lancasters failed to return, including that piloted by Wing Commander Nettleton, who had won the Victoria Cross fifteen months previously during the low-level Augsburg Raid.