In 1497 and 1552 the harbour of the town, known in German as Rügenwaldermünde, and parts of the town were hit by great storms.

It was found in Piraeus, the harbour of Athens.

The harbour of Mobile was formed by the drowning of the lower part of the valley of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers as a result of the sinking of the land here, such sinking having occurred on other parts of the Gulf coast.

The end of the 19th century witnessed a sharp recovery of the local economy with increasing international trade and the growth of the city harbour leading to increased exports of several products ( particularly during World War I when Spain was a neutral country ).

Alicante was the last city loyal to the Republican government to be occupied by dictator Franco's troops on 1 April 1939, and its harbour saw the last Republican government officials fleeing the country.

In the 18th century Aberdour's harbour was improved by the addition of a stone pier to help handle the coal traffic from nearby collieries.

However, floating ice was additionally observed near Świnoujście harbour in January 2010.

Pomponius Mela mentions it among the small towns of the district, probably as it was eclipsed by its neighbour Tarraco ( modern Tarragona ), but it may be gathered from later writers that it gradually grew in wealth and consequence, favoured as it was with a beautiful situation and an excellent harbour.

In the 18th century, a fortress was built at Montjuïc that overlooked the harbour.

New Providence's harbour could easily accommodate hundreds of ships, and was too shallow for the Royal Navy's larger vessels to navigate.

Bonaparte demanded that his fleet be permitted entry to the fortified harbour of Valletta, and when the demand was refused the French general responded by ordering a large scale invasion of the Maltese Islands, overrunning the defenders after 24 hours of skirmishing.

He instructed his naval commander, Vice-Admiral François-Paul Brueys D ' Aigalliers, to anchor in Alexandria harbour, but naval surveyors reported that the channel into the harbour was too shallow and narrow for the larger ships of the French fleet.

Havana was furnished with the fortress of Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro to deter potential invaders, which included the English privateer Francis Drake, who sailed within sight of Havana harbour but did not disembark on the island.

* On 26 April 1949, broke in two as she was being towed into Rio de Janeiro harbour.

The building was designed to be in triangular shape because it could provide 20 % more of the office area to enjoy the harbour view as compared with the square or rectangular shaped buildings.

Massachusetts was increasingly concerned over reports of the capabilities of this fortress, and of privateers staging out of its harbour to raid New England fishermen on the Grand Banks.

Tonnage measured a ship's cargo capacity and was used to calculate tax and harbour dues.

* Topsham, Devon-a settlement and harbour that served Isca Dumnoniorum to which it was connected by road and river.

The earliest known use of an expert witness in English law came in 1782, when a court that was hearing litigation relating to the silting-up of Wells harbour in Norfolk accepted evidence from a leading civil engineer, John Smeaton.

John Byron, who was unaware of the French presence in the east, explored Saunders Island, in the west, named the harbour Port Egmont, and claimed this and other islands for Britain on the grounds of prior discovery.

The city was razed out to the ground, and its harbour made unusable.

* 1940 – 1943 – Gibraltar harbour was attacked many times by Italian commando frogmen operating from Algeciras.

The Qoornoq railway was used for transporting fish from the harbour to scaffolds for drying.

It was a popular tourist spot with several guest houses, restaurants, cafes, several brick houses and a small harbour with a pier for small trading ships.

In the early 15th century, the town became an independent state once again, and emerged as a safe harbour for pirates and privateers, leading to it being targeted by the Portuguese, who destroyed the town in 1468.

The seaport area was largely destroyed by withdrawing German troops and millions of encircled refugees in 1945 being bombarded by Soviet Military ( 90 % of the buildings and equipment were destroyed ) and the harbour entrance was blocked by the German battleship Gneisenau that had been brought to Gotenhafen for major repairs.

Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in terrible storms.

The Samoan crisis came to a critical juncture in March 1889 when all three colonial contenders sent warships into Apia harbour, and a larger-scale war seemed imminent, until a massive storm on 15 March 1889 damaged or destroyed the warships, ending the military conflict.

The Samoan crisis came to a critical juncture in March 1889 when all three colonial contenders sent warships into Apia harbour, and a larger-scale war seemed imminent, until a massive storm on 15 March 1889 damaged or destroyed the warships, ending the military conflict.

In July, the harbour and the surrounding quarters were heavily bombed by the allied forces and were all but destroyed.

** In England, the city of Winchelsea on Romney Marsh is destroyed ; nearby Broomhill is also destroyed ; course of the nearby river Rother diverted to Rye ; cliff collapses at Hastings, blocking the harbour ; parts of Norfolk are flooded ; decline of the port of Dunwich in Suffolk is accelerated.

The English destroyed the shipping in St. Malo harbour and began to assault the town by land on 14 August, but John was soon hampered by the size of his army, which was unable to forage because French armies under Olivier de Clisson and Bertrand du Guesclin occupied the surrounding countryside, harrying the edges of his force.

Before being occupied by Romanian troops in 1941, a part of the city's population, industry, infrastructure and all cultural valuables possible were evacuated to inner regions of the USSR, and the retreating Red Army units destroyed as much as they could of Odessa harbour facilities left behind.

For many years Vuna Wharf was the international harbour until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1977.

When the Dutch vessels retreated towards Terschelling, the English followed, destroyed 150 Dutch vessels, and landed in the harbour of West-Terschelling.

Some of the Lancasters carried Tallboy bombs, and as a result, the harbour and the surrounding area were completely destroyed.

The town was destroyed by fire in 1536, but Tønsberg remained one of the most important harbour towns in Norway.

The harbour grew more accessible with the construction of the second Louisbourg Lighthouse in 1842 on the site of the original French lighthouse destroyed in 1758.

Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in storms.

In addition, the Allies were struggling to resupply their growing forces in France, because the Germans had destroyed the port facilities at Cherbourg and a storm had damaged the artificial harbour at Omaha Beach.

However, a large storm on 19 June destroyed the American harbour at Omaha, leaving only the British harbour which came to be known as Port Winston at Arromanches.

While the harbour at Omaha was destroyed sooner than expected, Port Winston saw heavy use for 8 months — despite being designed to last only 3 months.

The silting of the harbour ultimately destroyed its prosperity.

It was defended on the landward side by three banks and ditches which were destroyed during the creation of the harbour and modern village ; their age is therefore uncertain.

On January 7, 1766, the merchant ship Polly carrying stamps for Connecticut was boarded in New York City harbour and the stamps destroyed.