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History of Maritime
Questions relating to the use of oceans and seas for transportation, food, and warfare.
2,489 Questions
When was the HMS curacoa sunk?
She was lost on October 2, 1942 after a collision with the Queen Mary about 37 miles North of Ireland.
What are some 1920 nick names?
Nicknames for the decade of the 1920s include The Roaring 20s, The Jazz Age or The Prohibition Era.
Are cleo Emma Rikki real mermaids?
No. They are characters on a TV show played by actresses wearing costumes. There is no such thing as a real mermaid.
Bartolomeu Dias sailed for the English and the Dutch in what year?
Dias did not sail for the Dutch or the English, but for Portugal and is famous for his 1487 to 1488 expedition around the Cape of Good Hope.
What does the word maritime in climate mean?
It doesn't mean anything. The maritimes are a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. These three provinces are on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
Which ocean did the Mary Rose sink in?
Actually no one knows why did Marry Rose sink but scientists have told that might be the french attacked it with canons or it crashed to something enormous in the sea and so it got holes in it and sunk .
What other manmade structures built in ancient times might also is considered Wonders?
Earthquakes and fires
Who invented the ancient Chinese ship called the Junk?
The ancient Chinese invented "junks" you will not find the historical records for one person who invented them, rather you can find out more information about the junks themselves.
She was a 'Q-ship' - Nine Q-Ships were commissioned by the Royal Navy in September and October 1939 for work in the North Atlantic one of them was 4398-ton HMS Cyprus (X44) ex-Cape Sable built 1936.
What was life like for a colonial sailor?
Read "Two Years Before the Mast" BY R.A. Dana One of the best books writen!!
What was the crucial battle that frustrated Napoleon's plan to invade England?
The Battle of Trafalgar where the combined French and Spanish Fleets were cut to pieces by a smaller and more lightly armed fleet that perservered on the superior seamanship and gunnery training and skills demomstrated by the crews manning the ships commanded by Lord Horatio Nelson.
When did the Phoenicians die out?
The Phoenicians did not die out although many died due to the Byzantine empire that came and killed many of them. Phoenicians never left Lebanon they stayed in the Mountains and are still Phoenicians in modern day.
note i just copied this off some one Else's that was exactly the same question and if you looked around you would of found it.
