Two ships are steaming in the same direction. The British vessel is a Royal Navy destroyer and it is 51,000 yards distance from the mysterious vessel. The RN Destroyer is chasing the mysterious vessel. The RN Destroyer is steaming at 25 knots. The mysterious vessel is steaming at 21 knots. The RN Destroyer must reach the distance of 17,000 yards from the mysterious vessel to be able to fire its warning gun, to put a shot across the mysterious vessel’s bow. This shot will probably cause the mysterious vessel to stop. When will the RN Destroyer be able to fire? “How did you solve it?” asked Richard Vanier. “Sir, the key question is how quickly the Royal Navy Destroyer can reduce the distance between it and the mysterious vessel, to reach the point it can fire. The distance between ships had to be reduced to 17,000 yards. As …show more content…
One involved the mechanical advantage of a pulley. James remembered, given equal length of travel, that one additional pulley reduced the effort by one-half, and so on. One other portion of the test involved naming the part of the sailing boat from the description given of its purpose. James was thankful for the days sailing at Welch Harp Reservoir. “English comprehension” was more complicated, as it involved two long quotes from books concerning the naval Battle of Jutland and the Norman Conquest Battle of Hastings. The test questions pertained to conclusions on strength and weakness of the opponents, the tactics used and defining the critical moments of each battle that changed the outcome of the battle. James knew these subjects well, but, the test question required using only the quotations for the basis of judgment. “Applied history” was much like “English comprehension” but focused on the history of the Royal Navy since the Dutch Wars, and the changes in ship construction, gun calibers and tactics caused by the shift from wind power to steam
The Trident Submarine houses twenty-four nuclear warheads with each having a range of 4,600 miles over land. If a nuclear war were to break out between the Soviet Union and the United States, virtually every major city could be destroyed in a matter of hours. The origin of these major players in modern day warfare lies in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars.
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By the second torpedo, all the men on The USS Indianapolis were wide awake. Things were starting to go wrong on the USS “Indy.” Flames were venting and all the power h...
To set the stage for this battle, we must first understand what the British were thinking at the time. The British had not ...
Army to take the Ridge. This essay will prove that after many struggles, and careful
The Battle of Cold Harbor in spring of 1864 was one of General Ulysses S. Grant’s worst offensive defeats during the Civil War. Grant failed to describe his mission command to his subordinate, direct his units to correct movement, understand his operational environment, and lead his army with a coordinated plan. Grant had a stronger, bigger, and better-equipped army than his enemy, but his failure in the mission command process led to fatal mistakes before and during the battle. Due to failed leadership, the Union preparation for this war was so poor that it suffered nearly 7,000 casualties in under an hour, making it one of the most brutal confrontations of the Civil War.
At the beginning of the war, the preconceptions of each side show exactly why Britain was destined for failure. On the American team,
Keegan chooses the three well documented campaigns of Agincourt in 1415, Waterloo in 1815, and Somme in 1916 to answer the question of his thesis: To find out how men who are faced with the threat of single-missile and multiple-missile weapons control their fears, fix their wounds, and face their death. In his words he is seeking “to catch a glimpse of the face of battle.”
The Civil War consisted of many legendary battles over the soil of the United and Confederate States of America, which will be retold for generations in history books. Although these land battles were indeed great, the concept of this paper will be the Naval warfare of the Civil War, paying certain attention to the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac.
The roar of engines of planes and boats being launched at full speed created a throbbing deep rumble in the distance. The 45 pound guns in the trenches outside opened fire with a massive salvo of shells that
Many people who read the poem Beowulf would probably find it hard to find similarities between the poem and life in modern America. How could one compare an ancient Anglo-Saxon culture with the sophisticated world that we are living in today? But, if we look closely, we may be able to pinpoint some parallel between the two societies. This essay will discuss the topics of warrior life, the “bad guy,” and social similarities. One might wonder how a warrior culture might be similar to our own? But if we consider American culture, we are actually still very war-like. We have a strong military system built to protect our country and the people that make it up. We are also known for going to the aid of other countries that aren’t able to defend themselves. This is very similar to the mentality of the warriors in Beowulf. Beowulf comes to the aid of Hrothgar’s falling kingdom.
I discussed the differences between Captain Thomas Preston’s Account of the Boston Massacre (1770) and Paul Revere, Image of The Bloody Massacre (1770). I then explained both men’s story beginning with Captain Thomas Preston’s vision of the event. I then explained Paul Revere version of the event. I then included my opinion which account I believed was most accurate and explained why.
Gunpowder’s effect on the world can be exemplified through the grand changes in weapons. This can be shown through the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 by the English navy. In this sea battle, the Spanish Armada outnumbered the English navy immensely turning the odds against the English. However, the Spanish Armada still used old boarding tactics while the English used advanced weaponry. In the end, “the English used their superior firepower to whittle away the Spanish forces” (Schlager). The English navy's victory over the Spanish Armada illustrates the effects of the invention of gunpowder. With the successful usage of advanced gunpowder based weapons, the English navy crushed the opposition even when the Spanish Armada clearly had the upper hand. The defeat of the Spanish Armada shows that weapons based on gunpowder allowed countries with smaller armies to have a higher chance in winning their fights. The gunpowder weapons proved to be a tactical advant...
...tire mess of wires out of the torpedo. This succeeds both in disarming the bomb and in denigrating Carol's skill in her field of expertise.
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