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The Dover Strait coastal guns were long-range coastal artillery batteries that were sited on both sides of the English Channel during the Second World War. The British built several gun positions along the coast of Kent , England while the Germans fortified the Pas-de-Calais in occupied France .
A number of galley slaves leapt into the sea from the damaged ships – a few even made it to shore where they were captured and interrogated at Dover Castle. [15] By the time both fleets reached Goodwin Sands the Spanish galleys started to retreat in desperation for the Flemish coast. [ 9 ]
The Battle of Dover Strait that occurred on 26–27 October 1916 was a naval battle of the First World War between Great Britain and the German Empire.Two and a half flotillas of German torpedo boats from the Flanders Flotilla launched a raid into the Dover Strait in an attempt to disrupt the Dover Barrage and destroy whatever Allied shipping could be found in the strait.
The Dover was rebuilt in 1694-95 at Portsmouth Dockyard, from where she relaunched as a 48-gun fourth-rate ship of the line on 21 December 1695. She was reduced to a Fifth rate of 40 guns (by Admiralty Order of 24 May 1716) and underwent a Great Repair (but not a second rebuilding!) at Deptford Dockyard between December 1716 and July 1718.
Her forward decks were reinforced to cope with the mass and recoil of the new gun and she also received additional bridge structures and two anti-aircraft guns. On the night of 20–21 April 1917, while commanded by Ambrose Peck and accompanying the destroyer HMS Broke, she engaged a force of six enemy destroyers in the Battle of Dover Strait.
Aircraft carriers are now the centerpiece of the Navy fleet, but for nearly a century, battleships sailed into combat around the world. US battleships fired their guns for the last time 30 years ago.
Hougham Battery is a World War II coastal defence battery built in 1941 between Dover and Folkestone in southeast England. It is on the cliff-edge between Abbot's Cliff and Shakespeare Cliff . The battery was equipped with three 8-inch (203 mm) Mark VIII naval guns . [ 1 ]
The naval trawler was sunk in the Strait of Dover by a Kaiserliche Marine warship with the loss of all but one of her crew. [4] [2] HMT Cosmos Royal Navy: The naval trawler was sunk in the Strait of Dover by a Kaiserliche Marine destroyer. Three of her crew survived. [4] [2] HMT James Pond Royal Navy