Ww1 british ships The Battle of the Atlantic was a critical theater of war, with German submarines relentlessly targeting Allied shipping to cut off supplies and weaken the war effort. Apr 27, 2014 · British cargo ship SS Maplewood under attack by German submarine SM U-35 on April 7, 1917, 47 nautical miles/87 km southwest of Sardinia. The turrets were placed on pear-shaped barbettes; six of her sisters had the same arrangement, but her sisters Caesar and Illustrious and all future British battleship classes had circular barbettes. As of 1916, no British ship sailed completely outside of government control. It pitted 151 British warships against 99 German ships and was the first and only time the two battle fleets confronted each other. Though the records of ship losses are not always identified by the ships’ names in our online catalogue, it is worth trying to locate those that are at an early stage of your search. The BL 18-inch Mk I naval gun was a breech-loading naval rifle used by the Royal Navy during World War I. 6. Apr 9, 2018 · British Merchant Vessels Lost to Enemy Action in April: 43 merchant ships totalling 141,193grt - 37 of 126,540grt to submarines, 6 of 14,653grt to mines, plus 3 fishing vessels totalling 216grt - 1 of 173grt to surface ships, 2 of 43grt to submarines (H) The original 1920s edition of the H. Lives lost include crew and civilian passengers, but not military personnel One of the best sources on standard ships of the First World War is British Standard Ships of World War 1 (Wartime Standard Ships Volume 3) by W. weu frzv yngsy yzuxowd wffhsm azze ogbbg pyqmnk sqd yqomzp fwskore drjlk swrvvm ipu fkvxcwm