Category: "Event"
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HMS Audacious sunk by a German naval mine off Tory Island
October 27th, 2014
In a major loss observed by nearly a thousand passengers of the liner Olympic, the HMS Audacious is sunk by a naval mine laid by the minelayer Berlin. more »
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Prince Louis of Battenberg resigns his post as First Sea Lord in response to protests over his German heritage.
October 27th, 2014
On 27 October 1914, First Lord Churchill asked Prince Louis to resign as First Sea Lord. The resignation was based on public opinion rather than a real issue of ability. Churchill and Louis had made several choices that had proven crucial to the… more »
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Louis Quenault uses a machine-gun to attack German aircraft
October 5th, 2014
A French pilot, after being frustrated that he was often flying within a kilometer of German planes on reconnaissance missions, decided to take a machine gun up with him to take shots at them. This was the first true air to air engangement. more »
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The König class battleship Markgraf commissioned into the High Seas Fleet
October 1st, 2014
The third König class battleship, the SMS Markgraf is commissioned into the High Seas Fleet more »
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Broad Fourteens Massacre
September 22nd, 2014
Three obsolete British of the 7th Cruiser Squadron, the HMS Aboukir, Hogue, and Cressy were sunk by the German submarine U9 piloted by Otto Weddigen. The victory of a submarine against a surface ship was not the first in history, submarines had been… more »
