USS Constitution earned the nickname ‘Old Ironsides’ after defeating HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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USS Constitution earned the nickname ‘Old Ironsides’ after defeating HMS Guerriere in the War of 1812.
On the 31st July 1970, the British Royal Navy issued the last daily rum ration, or “tot”, to sailors.
British naval ships attacked the French Navy at Mers-el-Kébir in Algeria during the Second World War.
The German gunboat SMS Panther was sent to the Moroccan port of Agadir, sparking the Second Moroccan Crisis.
Operation Dynamo, better known as the evacuation of Dunkirk, began.
The British ship RMS Lusitania sank after being attacked by the German U-boat U-20 off the coast of Ireland.
23-year old Acting Lieutenant Fletcher Christian led a mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty.
The German ocean liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse became the first vessel to transmit a ship-to-shore wireless message.
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.
The first recorded naval battle featuring artillery took place in the first naval engagement of the Hundred Years’ War.
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