Tag: Navy

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7th March 1900: First ship-to-shore wireless message sent by SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse

• 7th March 2023
• Tagged as: Germany, Marconi, Navy, Radio, Science, Ship, Technology, Wireless

The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless message.

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16th December 1914: German Imperial Navy attacks the British seaside towns of Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby

• 16th December 2022
• Tagged as: Attack, Bombardment, Britain, England, First World War, Germany, Navy, Royal Navy, Scarborough, Whitby, Yorkshire

Over a thousand shells were fired by the German ships, resulting in 137 deaths and a further 592 people being injured in the British towns. Most of the casualties were civilians.

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23rd September 1338: First naval battle with artillery takes place in the Hundred Years’ War

• 23rd September 2022
• Tagged as: Battle, Battle of Arnemuiden, Edward III, England, France, Grand Army of the Sea, Hundred Years War, Navy

The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.

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31th July 1970: Black Tot Day sees the British Royal Navy issue the last daily rum ration to sailors

• 31st July 2022
• Tagged as: Alcohol, Black Tot Day, Britain, Navy, Royal Navy, Rum

In December 1969 the Admiralty Board, which meets in order to administer the Royal Navy, published a written statement that said issuing rum was ‘no longer compatible with the high standards of efficiency required’ and the daily ration was stopped the following year.

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21st June 1919: German High Seas naval fleet scuttled in Scapa Flow, resulting in 52 ships being sunk

• 21st June 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, First World War, Germany, Navy, Scapa Flow, Scotland, Ship, Sink, Treaty of Versailles

Concerned that the entire fleet might be shared out between the victors as the spoils of war Admiral von Reuter, the German officer in charge of the interned fleet, decided to purposely sink the ships.

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15th June 1859: The Pig War begins between the USA and Britain

• 15th June 2022
• Tagged as: Britain, Hudson's Bay Company, Navy, Oregon, Pig, San Juan Island, Territory, USA, War, Washington

The Pig War border confrontation began when Lyman Cutlar shot a British-owned pig on San Juan Island.

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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

• 8th May 2022
• Tagged as: Aircraft, Allies, America, Australia, Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan, Navy, Operation MO, USA, War in the Pacific

The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.

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25th April 404 BCE: Sparta defeats Athens in the Peloponnesian War

• 25th April 2022
• Tagged as: Ancient Greece, Athens, Greece, Navy, Persia, Sparta, War

The Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta, defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War.

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10th February 1906: Edward VII launches HMS Dreadnought, a revolutionary new type of battleship that made all other ships obsolete

• 10th February 2022
• Tagged as: Arms Race, Britain, Dradnought, Edward VII, First World War, Germany, Navy, Ship

Germany quickly began developing an equivalent ship to the Dreadnought, resulting in a naval arms race that contributed to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.

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22nd November 1718: The pirate Blackbeard killed by sailors under Robert Maynard

• 22nd November 2021
• Tagged as: Blackbeard, Navy, Piracy, Pirate, Ship, Virginia

The British pirate Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard, was killed during a battle with British sailors under the command of Lieutenant Robert Maynard.