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Royal Navy during the First World War. The Royal Navy had three main tasks at the beginning of the war: to bring the British Expeditionary Force to France and ensure its supplies and reinforcements; to establish and maintain a blockade against Germany; and to ensure the security of British world trade.
These start prewar in August 1913, jump to August 1914, and through the relatively unchanged structures of January 1914, 1915 and 1916, to the major changes of 1917 and 1918, to conclude with the bodies retained as of January 1920. This will hopefully be the start of more research into the British Admiralty and commanding Admirals of World War 1.
4 days ago · 2 of 2. World War I: torpedo boat German torpedo boats assembled at port during World War I. In August 1914 Great Britain, with 29 capital ships ready and 13 under construction, and Germany, with 18 and nine, were the two great rival sea powers. Neither of them at first wanted a direct confrontation: the British were chiefly concerned with the ...
U-boat campaign. The U-boat campaign from 1914 to 1918 was the World War I naval campaign fought by German U-boats against the trade routes of the Allies. It took place largely in the seas around the British Isles and in the Mediterranean. The German Empire relied on imports for food and domestic food production (especially fertilizer) and the ...
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The Battle of Jutland (31 May - 1 June 1916) was the largest naval battle of the First World War. It was the only time that the British and German fleets of ' dreadnought ' battleships actually came to blows. The German High Seas Fleet hoped to weaken the Royal Navy by launching an ambush on the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea.
German bombing raids during WW1. The country's experience of war was not limited to the soldiers fighting overseas. 16th December 1914 saw the German Navy bombarding the towns of Scarborough ...
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The first major naval action of the war took place on 28 August 1914, in the Heligoland Bight off the north German coast. A. Blackmore, who served as a range finder aboard HMS New Zealand, took part in the battle, which resulted in a British victory. We steamed in towards Heligoland in a thick fog and mist.
