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Congreve rockets were used by the British during the Napoleonic Wars. On October 8, 1806, Commodore Edward Owen attacked the French flotilla at Boulogne.

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What was the congreve rocket used for?

In 1804, Sir William Congreve developed the Congreve Rocket as a weapon for the British military. The wars fought between the British East India Company and the kingdom of Mysore, India made use of these rockets as a weapon.


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What was a congreve used for?

A congreve is a type of rocket named after Sir William Congreve. It is a military weapon that was first used in 1806, during the Napoleonic wars.


Who invented congreve rockets and when were they used?

Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet was the inventor of the Congreve rockets. They were used by the British navy against the French fleet in Boulogne on October 8-9 of 1806.


What was a Congreve rocket used for?

for the reminder of the napoleoric wars


What was the congreve rocket used for?

In 1804, Sir William Congreve developed the Congreve Rocket as a weapon for the British military. The wars fought between the British East India Company and the kingdom of Mysore, India made use of these rockets as a weapon.


What was the conegreve rocket used for?

The Congreve Rocket was a British military weapon used in artillery barrages in the Napoleonic wars, the War of 1812, and the New Zealand wars.


What was the congrave rocket used for?

They were used for military bombardment. In the Star Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key mentions "The Rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air". Those were Congreve rockets.


Why was a rocket invented?

William Congreve invented long range rocket and it can attack a target, upto 6000 feet apart...About William Congreve :Congreve was a lawyer, politician and scientist who invented the rocket.Congreve was born on May 20th 1772 in Kent, the son of General William Congreve, comptroller of the Royal Laboratory at Woolwich. He was educated at Singlewell School and Trinity College, Cambridge. His early career was devoted to the study of law, writing political journals and assisting his father at the Royal Laboratory.In 1804, he learned of a primitive gunpowder device that was used against British troops, by the Indian warlord Hyder Ali, and was inspired to construct a superior appliance for the British military. In 1805, he was able to demonstrate to the Prime Minister, Pitt the Younger, a rocket, 40 inches long, with a stabilising stick, 16 feet long, and a range of 6,000 feet. Congreve's rockets were used effectively by the Royal Navy in bombardments of Boulogne, Copenhagen and Danzig, during the Napoleonic Wars and by the British army at the battle of Leipzig of 1813. They were also used in the British attack on Fort McHenry, Baltimore during the War of 1812.The Chinese invented rockets over a thousand years ago. Nobody knows exacty who it was.


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it is used to rise the speed of the rocket.


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Missiles is a rocket used for military purposes.


What country first made rockets?

There may be several answers depending on what kind of rocket. Great Britain produced the Congreve artillery rocket in the early 1800's. Germany had the first liquid-fueled rocket missile in 1944. The US and USSR pioneered the space rocket in the 1950's.


Who was the first man to fly in a rocket?

It depends: the Chinese built rockets (and fireworks) that we now usually fire into the night sky on Bonfire Night on the 5th of November each year in Britain. If the rocket in the question was the rockets that were developed in Germany during the second World War, then the V2 was probably the first rocket. It was invented by German scientists Werner Von Braun, Walter Riedel, and also Kevin Rudd. The rocket was part of a program from Nazi Germany to attack Britain during World War 2.


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the red rocket is used to rub for a splash of white fun. All other rocket engines are used for propulsion to gain lift.