WW1 Naval Warfare

it was leaving the New York docks, and going to Liverpool, England

Though the German U-Boats gained early successes in the Battle of the Atlantic, evolving ASW tactics by the Allies eventually turned the tide and doomed the U-Boat campaign. In the end, Germany lost 743 boats, with an estimated 39,000 submariners lost, a casualty rate of 75%.

She lays on her port side 90 meters down, 300 feet

On may 7, 1915

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US warships sunk (permanently): 1. Battleships: USS Arizona, USS Utah (training ship at time of loss), USS Oklahoma. 2. Cruisers: USS Chicago, USS Vincennes, USS Helena, USS Atlanta, USS Indianapolis, USS Quincy, USS Houston, USS Juneau, USS Northhampton, USS Astoria. 3. Carriers (Fleet): USS Lexington, USS Yorktown, USS Hornet, USS Wasp. Carriers (Light): USS Gambier Bay, USS St Lo. Carriers (Escort): USS Bismarck Sea. 4. US Destroyers/Destroyer Escorts: 87 lost 5. US Submarines: 52 lost 6. US Patrol Torpedo Boats (PT Boats): 69 SUNK FOR TARGET PRACTICE 1946-1948 (in the Pacific Ocean): Battleships USS Pennsylvannia, USS New York, USS Arkansas, USS Nevada. Aircraft Carrier USS Saratoga (sister ship of USS Lexington).

Yes, there were 139 Americans aboard the RMS Lusitania when it sank, of which 128 died.

Due to the fact that the British empire operated pretty much all around the world and had to have the best navy to hold its vast empire, which it did for most if not all of the 19th century.

the largest battle of ww1 was the battle of somme, which went on for over a month and both sides losing hundreds of thousands of men, the british losing 60,000 men on the first day. the Germans where eventualy pushed back to their border

world war 1, and war war 2

It took 55 minutes for the great liner to sink after hitting a mine in the Mediterranean Sea. The reason for sinking so fast was the result of the nurses onboard, who kept the portholes open to keep injured soldiers ventilated, forgetting to shut the open windows resulted in faster flooding.

It was indecisive.

Yes, but the British had 6000 casualties to the Germans 2000. The imprisoned got out of their cell, punched the jailer & then returned.

After the battle finished the German navy totally withdrew back to German waters and never came out again for the rest of the war, the Royal navy remained on the battle waters for a further 12 hours till they withdrew, but continued blockading Germany for the rest of the war, therefore remaining the dominent Navy of WW1.

Furthermore, the British battle fleets were the British centre of gravity, not only for the Battle of Jutland but also for WW1. If lost, Germany could have threatened the English channel thereby endangering Britain's efforts in central Europe and also threatened the US logistical routes. Admiral Sir John Jellicoe made a brilliant strategic decision to preserve the battle fleet at all costs. This was a battle he did not have to fight or win but could not afford to lose. Winston Churchill said of him 'he was the only man who could lose the war in an afternoon.' Excessive British deaths occured because of their indisciplined explosive handling in an attempt to fire as many shells as possible. Quantity meant hits. Also the British Dreadnoughts had less armour as a trade off against greater speed and bigger guns. British strategic victory. As Admiral Jellicoe managed to cross Admiral Scheer's 'T' twice in a single hour I judge this encounter to be a British tactical victory aswell. There can be only one test of victory...who held the battle space at the end of the fight.

No states were added to the United States during the World War One.

WW1 introduced submarine warfare, tanks, chemical warfare, and aerial combat. Man's history already knew battleship warfare from Tsushima in 1905; and massed land warfare consisting of infantry. WW2 REFINED submarine warfare, tanks, and aerial warfare; chemical warfare was outlawed by treaty.

It was necessary because then every convoy could be escorted by destroyers to protect them from German U-boats. The destroyers were armed with sonar and depth charges to find and destroy German Subs.

The H L Hunley was used during the Civil War, and was credited with the first sinking by a submarine. Look it up on the web for more details. Here is one site: http://soundwaves.usgs.gov/2000/09/ I believe that submarines became more practical when the internal combustion engine was refined. This corresponds with WW1 in many respects. There are probably metallurgy issues with hull design, but I don't know enough to comment on that issue. The biggest issue for submarines is the lack of air. Not only is it vital for the crew of the submarine, all of the early means of mobility required air. The Hunley was 'man powered' and the crew had to breath. Steam and gas engines depend upon burning of fuel, which requires air. Most of the early submarines were diesel powered when they where on the surface, but required battery technology to run when underwater. The electric motors and batteries powerful enough to run them for any length of time were not available prior to the turn of the century. When the above problems were solved and reliable self-powered torpedoes were introduced, the submarine was added to the arsenal of the World's navies, but they were still held out of wartime participation because these navies were controlled by admirals who saw the sub as a dangerous and dirty way to fight, which it was, and a far cry from lines of battleships dueling each other gloriously as they had done in previous centuries. Only World War 1 broke this cycle. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1905-06, both sides operated submarines obtained from the USA, but they never saw any important action. The Spanish Navy had a few subs in 1898, whereas the US Navy had none at the time, but these were not properly used either.

Woodrow Wilson. The Lusitania was sunk in 1915, toward the end of his first term of office. In 1916 he won his second term with the slogan, "He kept us out of war." In 1917, during Wilson's second term, the US entered the war.

as i remember it was around between 5000 and 20000 soldiers

The Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7th 1915, by the German U-Boat U-20.

What is not as widely known is that Germany had given many public warnings, even going so far as to publish those warnings in American Newspapers for some time prior to the sinking of the Lusitania, that any vessel found entering their controlled waters would be subject to immediate attack. Despite this the Lusitania was sent out to be destroyed to sway public opinion about entering the war. It was found that the Lusitania was carrying munitions and so was supporting their enemy and a military target.

BUT, later, a German U-boat sunk an Italian liner without warning, killing 272 people, including 27 Americans, which turned US public opinion against Germany. And in a third attack, Germans sunk the American liner Housatonic.

So while people still argue that the Lusitania was carrying about 173 tons of war munitions for Britain, Germany had no excuse for sinking other ships. The Lusitania argument is largely viewed as merely an excuse only found in the aftermath of Lusitania's loss.

the allies and the central powers were the two 'teams'allies consisted of: great Britain, France, Italy Australia, russia, usa, nz, south Africa, rhodesia, Canada, India, Serbia, belgium, Portugal, china, japan, Romania, montenegro,Greece and Poland however, not all these were there in the beginning. the beginning consisted basically of the first 3 countries listed and Australia came into play to help the mother country great Britain. the central powers were: the German empire, the Austrian/Hungarian empire (hapsberg), turkey (ottoman empire) and Bulgaria.

more than 100,000 ships

The first modern naval arms race was just prior to the Russo-Japanese War in 1904. European (and Americans) were racing to see who could build the best and most modern (steel) battleships (referred today as "Pre-Dreadnaughts" prior to 1906). After the big test at Tsushima in 1905 (Battle of Tsushima 27 May 1905), the new theory on battleships was laid down in October 1905, and christened HMS Dreadnaught; an entirely new type of battleship armed with uniformed 12-inch guns and using oil instead of coal for it's engines.

So, in 1906 this new naval arms race begins; with everyone trying to build bigger and better so called "Dreadnaughts" (battleships). WWII ends the "Dreadnaught" race, as aircraft carriers replace the battleship as "the queen of the seas", and nations try to build aircraft carriers instead of battleships.

So post WWII, the carrier & nuclear submarine become the new arms race (along with atomic ICBMs-Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles).

The ship carried 4,200,000 rounds of .303 rifle ammunition.

At the time, Atlantic shipping was being monitored by German submarines to prevent such war materials from being transported. This was the justification for the sinking of the Lusitania and the death of 1,198 civilans.

Germany did not have a large enough agriculural production to feed her population by itself nor enough supplies of raw materials to produce all the finished goods necessary to sustain a war effort. She had to import these things primarily by sea. The blockade prevented them from being imported. this would have almost ended the war had the Haber Process not been discovered, this process developed by leading German scientist Fritz Haber. turned nitrates into ammonia, which was what the explosives in the artillery shells was composed of. artillery was the key weapon of the first world war. The Germans also imported goods through holland. This could not be stopped as Holland was a neutral country.