doi:10.1080/00253359.2004.10656886G. D. FranklinRoyal NavyThe Mariner's Mirror
The Origins and Development of Radar in the Royal Navy, 1935–45 with Particular Reference to Decimetric Gunnery EquipmentsPioneering Naval interest in radio communications at the turn of the century — ships equipped for 'Wireless Telegraphy' in World War 1. Experimental section initially established...
Relive the Battle of Trafalgar at the helm of one of the Royal Navy’s ships and defend the British Sovereignty by destroying the French and Spanish fleets. Skilfully handle your ship and develop an effective strategy to beat your enemies. Recruit a crew as well, to up your stats on attac...
Rise of Pirates BattleShip: The Beginning Pirateers! Cruiser How to play Trafalgar Origins? This ship game is set during one of the Napoleonic Wars. Control a ship from the Royal Navy and defeat your enemies. Choose between Arcade or Multiplayer modes. Controls PILOTAR BARCO AIM DI...
seamen into the Royal Navy; third, the British military support for American Indians who were offering armed resistance to the expansion of the American frontier to the Northwest. 展开 关键词:War of 1812 British Empire British North America ...
The island of St Helena played a crucial role in the suppression of the transatlantic slave trade. Strategically located in the middle of the South Atlantic, it served as a staging post for the Royal Navy and reception point for enslaved Africans who had been “liberated” from slave ships in...
This article analyses the early nineteenth-century formation of an institutional framework for the distribution of chronometers in the Royal Navy with particular emphasis on the role played by the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. In the early 1820s the observatory was transformed into a storehouse ...
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Among these seemingly theoretical machines is a rocket-powered battering ram and a navy torpedo! By 1410, tube launchers for rockets were also suggested. (213)During the first half of the 1500s, one manuscript described an attempt to develop a winged missile! (721) Around the same time, ...
It concludes that the Asquith government drifted into a campaign, propelled by fear of lost prestige but buoyed by an overriding sense of cultural superiority and a deep-rooted belief in the historical infallibility of the Royal Navy, which ultimately contributed greatly to its own political demise...