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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In November 1914, during the Battle of Cape Sarych, the Yavuz Sultan Selim - formerly the German SMS Goeben - boldly faced a ...

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 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.

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 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 ...