war at sea by. mckenzie amal
Women's work in WW1. During WWI (1914-1918), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories.
u boats began to attack all merchant vessels in british waters. german u boats typically allowed the crews of the ships to disembark. before the vessel was sunk.
the convoy a group of merchant men or troopships traveling together with a navel escort.
This is a picture of when and what happen to the ship in that time.
the ship was shot down from a sub under water because the people said there was weapons on this cruse ship. So they shot it down and all the people that went on the trip to have a fun timed died for no reason.
And here is a real picture of the ship.
here are people finding some of the parts of the ship.
During the First World War, the British had defeated the U-boats by introducing the convoy system. This called for the formation of a group of ships to sail together as a group and under the protection of escort warships.
On this day in 1917, driven by the spectacular success of the German U-boat submarines and their attacks on Allied and neutral ships at sea, the British Royal Navy introduces a newly created convoy system, whereby all merchant ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean would travel in groups under the protection of the British ...
letter from a person in the war writing back to someone that means a lot in their life.
map war at sea
in the war there were torpedoes used at sea and they used spies in submarines to attack the ships.
the most deadly weapon at sea was the torpedoes still they were used to knock other ships down.
a positive affect was that it was a automatic win if they used these a negative affect was that alot of people had these.
Created with images by DVIDSHUB - "Resupply cargo vehicle approaches USS Makin Island" • conner395 - "Sgt Betty Orpin Caithness-shire Constabulary 1950s"