Under the new arrangements, a convoy of 10 to 50 merchant ships would be escorted by armed navy vessels. A convoy of British ships at sea during WW1. The armed convoys helped Britain maintain the ...

During his wartime service in the Navy, Wilkinson realised it was ... The weather at sea, particularly around the British coasts, constantly changes. And so no single pattern of camouflage could ...

Later, in the southern North Sea, it protected Canadian soldier convoys from German attacks. A German torpedo from U-9 hit HMS Hawke on October 15, 1914. Read also: British fleet's Gibraltar ...

On Christmas Day 1914, as much of Europe paused in uneasy celebration, British pilots braved freezing fog and poor visibility ...

In the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December, 1914 ... German fleet. Instead of attacking, von Spee beat a rapid retreat, a fatal mistake for the Germans and salvation for the British.

The effectiveness of the iconic dazzle camouflage used on British Royal Navy ships during the First ... more influential in confusing enemies at sea during the Great War. During the First World ...

Crew members Sailors from Ice Patrol HMS Protector, A173, and their Chilean allies paid homage to British sailors ... November first 1914 an outgunned and obsolescent Royal Navy squadron led ...

The British Navy knew it couldn't completely disguise a ship to protect it from attack during WWI. So they turned to 'Dazzle Painting' which sought to disguise a ship's speed and direction.