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Merchant ships travel in convoy primarily to enhance security and reduce the risk of attacks from pirates or hostile forces. By sailing together, they can provide mutual protection, share resources, and improve navigation through challenging waters. Convoys also enable better coordination and communication among ships, making it easier to respond to emergencies or threats. Additionally, traveling in a group can lead to more efficient use of fuel and resources.
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What was method protecting US troop transport ships?
They positioned them in the middle of a convoy presuming that the ships on the out edges would be torpedoed first.
How were merchant ships protected in World War 1?
Your teacher is probably referring to the "Convoy System" that was developed by the British Royal Navy & used by the Allies. It meant that merchant ships with the same cruising speeds traveled together in a group or "convoy". The group may be escorted by Navy warships that were capable of protecting the merchants from German U-boats, Q-ships, or surface raiders. Ships that were very slow, or fast would not travel in a convoy.
How did the convoy system effect the allied war effort?
The convoy system greatly protected the allies by making a virtual juggernaut. Before the convoy system was initiated, merchant ships would go in and out of ports widely seperated so as to escape attack. However, this idea failed to protect ships from German U-Boats. By using convoys, armored ships and merchant ships would mix, producing two things. One, the confusion of which ship is less protected by armor, and second, the spreading of ships so as to protect against any angle of invasion. By doing this, attacks were almost always fortified with additional ships from around the convoy, while still keeping the merchant ships safe, and making a massively powerful force agains the smaller and more agile U-Boats.
What was the convoy system in World War 1?
American luxury ships worked together with the Triple Entente navy. A few luxury or goods ships would be grouped together with a naval ship, and the naval would provide a sort of "protection". This way, German U-Boats would less likely to attack and sink the luxury liners or goods ships.
What was the significance of the convoy system?
In World Wars I and II, merchant ships carrying supplies to both Russia and Britain were targeted heavily by German U-Boats (submarines). Since there were not enough destroyers and destroyer escorts to protect each individual ship, convoys were formed. In these convoys, a large number of merchant ships were grouped together and protected by a small number of escort vessels.
Would you say a flock of ships?
No it is a convoy
What was method protecting US troop transport ships?
They positioned them in the middle of a convoy presuming that the ships on the out edges would be torpedoed first.
After the lusitania Arabic and Sussex sinkings Wilson successfully pressured the German government to?
the Germans said they would cease destroying mechant and passenger ships without warning
How were merchant ships protected in World War 1?
Your teacher is probably referring to the "Convoy System" that was developed by the British Royal Navy & used by the Allies. It meant that merchant ships with the same cruising speeds traveled together in a group or "convoy". The group may be escorted by Navy warships that were capable of protecting the merchants from German U-boats, Q-ships, or surface raiders. Ships that were very slow, or fast would not travel in a convoy.
How did the convoy system effect the allied war effort?
The convoy system greatly protected the allies by making a virtual juggernaut. Before the convoy system was initiated, merchant ships would go in and out of ports widely seperated so as to escape attack. However, this idea failed to protect ships from German U-Boats. By using convoys, armored ships and merchant ships would mix, producing two things. One, the confusion of which ship is less protected by armor, and second, the spreading of ships so as to protect against any angle of invasion. By doing this, attacks were almost always fortified with additional ships from around the convoy, while still keeping the merchant ships safe, and making a massively powerful force agains the smaller and more agile U-Boats.
What was convoy in World War 2?
A convoy was a method of sending allied cargo ships across the ocean in company, protected by warships. It was realised that U-boats would search for the convoy and try to attack, which gave the defending warships a chance of attacking the U-boats.
What did they call the formation of several ships intended to provide protection from submarines in World War 2?
Ships would form a convoy in an attempt to reduce their vulnerability to enemy submarines.
How would you uses convoy in a sentence?
The convoy was en route to Iraq.
Was the convoy system an effective defensive stratgy?
The convoy system was an improvement but it was not perfect. Since the U Boats were underwater it was still hard to protect all the ships. But, they had little choice but to use the convoy system. They did not have the technology we have today to find subs so the convoys were as effective as they could be given that the U Boats would strike in the dark.
What did the British use to limit their number of losses of ships?
Convoy systemAnswer 2 The convoy system was used to transport supplies from USA and Canada to Britain during WW2. In a convoy system, a group of merchant vessels of a few tens in number, are protected by a travelling group of destroyers, and occasionally, submarines. The whole fleet travels in an irregular path. If a ship is attacked, it is largely left to its own devices while the remainder of the convoy escapes. The convoy is spread out over a huge area of ocean, so each ship has a fair degree of freedom in its moment by moment course.Sometimes, a Q ship; a ship disguised as a merchantman, but in fact a heavily - armed ship; would trail the convoy.Naturally the intended departure date of the convoy was kept secret, but there were a number of spies who passed on as much intelligence as they could, and there was a counter - intelligence organization to try and defeat these. Good old spy VS spy action.
What were groups of ships traveling together with destroyers for protection against German submarines called?
This would be a convoy. They were limited to the speed of the slowest ship. They used a zig zag pattern to make it difficult for the submarines to get a firing solution against them.
What was the convoy system in World War 1?
American luxury ships worked together with the Triple Entente navy. A few luxury or goods ships would be grouped together with a naval ship, and the naval would provide a sort of "protection". This way, German U-Boats would less likely to attack and sink the luxury liners or goods ships.
