In June 1897 he had a his personal yacht experimenting a turbine, named “Turbinia”. He made a publicity stunt by turning up unannounced at the Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, and made a splash by being spotted by all present at the Navy Review in Spithead, this 26 June 1897. He attrac...
Overlooked by most histories of the era of early armor, Robert Macfie was a visionary who first pressed the use of tracks to the Landships Committee at a time when ‘big-wheel’ machines were seen as the solution to the problems on the Western Front, namely barbed wire and machine guns....
Lionel Greenstreet served in the merchant navy and joined the Endurance just 24 hours before it left Plymouth, England. The original first officer had resigned in order to join the war effort (WW1). A master Mariner and eventually the last surviving member of the expedition. ...
Labuanis an island off the coast of Northern Borneo. For centuries, the South China Sea has existed as a critical trade route between Asia and the West. With such lucrative trade ships passing through its waters, it was also a prime target for pirates. Seeking a base of operations to comb...
Despite its ambitious construction plans, the UK Navy faced the war with a little more than 200 destroyers, but with only 75 of them being up-to-date ships with oil boiler heating, while the rest were suited only for coastal service. The majority of the destroyers could hardly keep up wit...