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1856: Paris Declaration Respecting Maritime Law outlaws privateering. 1859: The first ironclad warship, the Gloire, is launched. 1861: USS Ice Boat (1861), the first purpose-built icebreaker, is launched. 1862: The Battle of Hampton Roads becomes the first battle between ironclads.
1893 - The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened on 6 March 1893 with 2-car electric multiple units, the first to operate in the world. 1893 - Frank W. Hawley adapted an ordinary steam canal boat to a trolleyboat (named after him), which was tested on the Erie Canal in the US. [32] 1893 - First sidecar.
Five U-boats sail from Kiel and nine from Wilhelmshaven to take waiting positions in the North Atlantic. [1] August 21, 1939. German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee sails from Wilhelmshaven for a South Atlantic cruise. [1] August 24, 1939. German "pocket battleship" Deutschland sails from Wilhelmshaven for a North Atlantic cruise.
Maritime history dates back thousands of years. In ancient maritime history, [1] evidence of maritime trade between civilizations dates back at least two millennia. [2] The first prehistoric boats are presumed to have been dugout canoes which were developed independently by various Stone Age populations.
Maritime history. Magic and Gracie off Castle Garden, painted by James E. Buttersworth, c. 1871. Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea. It covers a broad thematic element of history that often uses a global approach, although national and regional histories remain predominant.
Timeline of largest passenger ships. RMS Queen Elizabeth' s size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage. This timeline reflects the largest extant passenger ship in the world ...
History of navigation. Map of the world produced in 1689 by Gerard van Schagen. The history of navigation, or the history of seafaring, is the art of directing vessels upon the open sea through the establishment of its position and course by means of traditional practice, geometry, astronomy, or special instruments.
Transatlantic crossing. For other uses of the term Transatlantic, see Transatlantic. Transatlantic crossings are passages of passengers and cargo across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe or Africa and the Americas. The majority of passenger traffic is across the North Atlantic between Western Europe and North America.
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