The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.
19th January 1917: 73 people killed in the Silvertown munitions factory explosion in London
19th January 2018
On the 31st July 1970, the British Royal Navy issued the last daily rum ration, or “tot”, to sailors.
On the 21st June 1919, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the scuttling of the German High Seas naval fleet in Scapa Flow, a large natural harbor in the Orkney Islands in Scotland.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
Sir Francis Drake entered the Bay of Cádiz and attacked the Spanish naval fleet in an event known as ‘Singeing the King of Spain’s Beard’.
The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless message.
Shortly after 8am on the 16th December 1914, the German Imperial Navy attacked the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
On the 23rd October 1739 England declared war on Spain in what became known as the War of Jenkins’ Ear.
On the 21st October 1805, the British navy under the command of Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson defeated the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies.
15th November 1917: Georges Clemenceau appointed Prime Minister of France
15th November 2019
13th November 1002: Æthelred the Unready orders the St Brice’s Day Massacre
13th November 2019
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018