From 1100 AD onwards, the Chinese started to build boats known as junks. These boats utilized rudders for steering and had watertight compartments. It also had battens on the sails that were used for transporting goods and also used as warships. These were much more advanced than the European...
The early ships Europeans had were small and had one mast. But eventually, they developed Mediterranean galleys in the 5th century BC and the Drakkar or Viking warships. They are dependent on oars that move together with the wind. In the religious context, the first ship in the world is N...
Napoleon Bonaparte was the master of Europe. He wanted to be the master of the world. But he had to first win England, and to win England he had to cross the English Channel in great force. What he needed badly were ships which could travel faster than the British warships. ...
【5】In April, 2009, President Hu inspected the warships in Qingdao, m___(标志着) the 60th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy. 【6】Under all the innocent fun, there are h___(隐藏的) dangers, especially for children. 【7】We o___ (省略) all the minor details to make ...
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvati...
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The Mark 8 was for the big guns, which were strictly for surface targets because of their size and rate of fire. Smaller guns, like the 5-inch 38 caliber dual-gun mounts on the Iowa and many of the other smaller warships of the World War II era, needed to be able to tar...
From 1100 AD onwards, the Chinese started to build boats known as junks. These boats utilized rudders for steering and had watertight compartments. It also had battens on the sails that were used for transporting goods and also used as warships. These were much more advanced than the European...
Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvati...