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World War I Practice Test: World War I Naval Warfare - Submarines and Ships
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World War I Practice Test: World War I Naval Warfare - Submarines and Ships
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10 Questions

1. Which type of ship was used to counter the threat of submarines?
2. The submarine had its first major success during World War One. How many Allied ships were sunk by German U-Boats?
3. During World War One, oil began to replace coal as the fuel for warships. This gave the ships greater range and which other benefit?
4. Despite the influence of HMS Dreadnought on the design of battleships, she took no part in battles during WWI. She did, however, become the only battleship to achieve which feat?
5. Which type of craft were considered as the greatest threat to the Dreadnought battleships?
6. British Battlecruisers differed from their Dreadnought cousins in which way?
7. The British ship, HMS Dreadnought, was the first of a new kind of battleship. It outclassed previous battleships in which respects?
8. To counter these smaller craft, a mid-sized ship was developed. What was it called?
9. Great Britain laid naval mines all along its east coast, the Straits of Dover and northern exits of the North Sea to protect it from German ships. How many mines are estimated to have been used?
10. The first battleship to be sunk during the War was HMS Audacious, on 27th October 1914 off the north coast of Donegal, Ireland. How was it sunk?