Overall, dozens of vessels used spar torpedoes, not only small steam launches, but also larger ships like monitors, generally in that case to blast apart riverine defensive obstructions, in particular in the James River. The Confederacy used them liberally, and devised clever vessels for such ope...
ww2dbaseOn 3 Jul, French ships in Plymouth and Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom were boarded and captured. Among these ships was the French submarine Surcouf (the largest submarine in the world at the time), four other submarines, old battleships Paris and Courbet, destroyers Triomphant and...
What British ships were sunk in the Falkland Islands War? Who won the Anglo-Zulu War? How did the Battle of Britain get its name? Who won the Second Boer War? What was the Battle of Saratoga? What war was the Battle of Waterloo in? During what war was the Battle of Blenheim? What...
接近一百万人死亡,超过两百万人受伤 What’s more, about 70% of the merchant ships were sunk or damaged. 70%的商船被击沉或损坏 As a result, Britain lost the sea supremacy 英国失去了海上霸权地位 Then, Britain was in a huge national debt, ten times larger than that of pre-war years. The...