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History of Maritime
Questions relating to the use of oceans and seas for transportation, food, and warfare.
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Is there a crew list for HMS Galatea at Jutland?
My grandfather served on this ship and is shown as a member of the crew on March 31, 1901 in the British Census at Ancestry.com. Also can be found at the British Public Record Office as document 'RG 13/740'
Did the US Government lie about munitions on the Lusitania?
Yes, they did, and I hope the answer to this question makes people reevaluate much of the 20th century. Approximately 4,000,000 rounds of Remington 303 shells were found on board the wreck in September of 2008, much of it in containers labelled "butter." http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1098904/Secret-Lusitania-Arms-challenges-Allied-claims-solely-passenger-ship.html
Caravels (also spelled carvels) were ships commonly used for early maritime explorations. The Portugese and Spanish, as well as other exploring countries, used them in the 15th and 16th centuries since they could withstand the Atlantic coasts better than other ships at that time period.
How many ships did Giovanni da verrazano have?
He started out with four, but a storm sank two and forced the other two, La Dauphine and La Normande to return to port.
These two set out again and made it to Maderia, where La Normande was forced to return to Brittany.
This left da Verrazzano with the La Dauphine.
From which port did the pilgrim fathers first set sail from?
I believe that Plymouth was their last port of call. They stopped there for repairs to one of their boats, the Speedwell, was so leaky it would never cross the Atlantic.
My understanding was that they had left from Southampton, but I have been told authoritively that it was Norwich, and had stopped at Southampton for earlier repairs to the Speedwell.
At Plymouth it was believed that the Speedwell was being deliberately sabataged by the crew as they didn't want to go to America. Whatever the reason, it was left behind, and passengers transferred to the Mayflower.
Can you wear ribbons on Navy dress white uniforms?
Yes. The Working, Service and Dinner Dress White uniforms are supposed to have ribbons on them.
US sailors were kidnapped to serve here?
Shanghai was one place that sailors were taken to, many from San Francisco.
How many aircraft carriers does the UK have?
None, or 3, depending on who you ask. The official line is that HMS Ark Royal, (the current flagship of the fleet and the 5th ship to bear that name,) HMS Illustrious and HMS Invincible are all aircraft carriers. They do, in fact carry Harrier jump jets, but are incapable of launching many aircraft in common use on other modern carriers.
However, these ships were originally designated as "through-deck cruisers" and have displacements of little over 20,000 tons. By comparison the previous Ark Royal, decommissioned in 1978, had a displacement of 43,000 tons and even this was dwarfed by the 90,000 ton carriers in use by the US Navy at the time.
So, it could be argued that the Royal Navy currently has no true aircraft carriers.
The person above is an idiot, they are Invincible class ships and yes they are Aircraft carriers hence the name aircraft Carriers, despite them being unable of Carrying certain aircrafts they can carry Aircraft on a basis so yes they are, there are around five aircraft carriers, they are set to be replaced by the queen Elizabeth in late 2015-2018, Queen Elizabeth class which are Super carriers with a Total weight of 72.000 metric tons Carrying up to 50 aircraft this man above knows nothing of Carriers.
Battleship USS Nevada was sunk twice; at Pearl Harbor she grounded herself, so she wouldn't sink in the channel, thus blocking it. After WW2, she was sunk as a gunnery target in the Pacific. Battleship USS Oklahoma was sunk at Pearl Harbor; sold for re-cycling (scrap), she sunk while under tow to California, half way out from Hawaii.
Where did Americo Vespucci travel to?
Yes, but he found Central and South America; Christopher Columbus discovered North America.
When were the first metal ships made?
The USS Monitor was the first U.S. Navyship to be made mostly of metal. She was an ironclad ship that was deployed during the Civil War. The first battle between ironclads occurred at the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, when the Monitor went against the CSS Virginia. The CSS Virgina, which was an ironclad built from the remains of the former USS Merrimack, was the first ironclad built.
The first use of metal on a U.S. Navy ship was when the USS Constitution's wooden hull was sheath with copper. However, this was not for protection from battle. It was sheathed to protect the wooden hull from the ravages of seawater and sea organisms that grow on wooden hulls. The sheathing was applied when the ship was constructed. It was the first ship of the U.S. Navy and was launched on September 20, 1797.
Why are ships and countries called her or she?
well, my history teacher said that it is because the countries are usually ruled by men. so men rule women, hence "she"
What time did the Carpathia arrive in New York?
Carpathia's first rescuees boarded around 4:00 AM and the last passenger, second-Officer Lightoller, climbed aboard at 8:10 in the morning.
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