HIST 2102H Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Hms Warrior (1860), Home Fleet, Union Blockade
20 Feb 2016
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How to use these types of ships in warfare. Professor"s grandfather and great uncle survived on this ship. Navies and warfare 19th and 20th centuries: goals and roles. Combat role battleships and frigates (later submarines and aircraft carriers) Control of the sea lanes of communication. Patrolling (up and down the coast to secure the area) Blockade and blockade running (important in american civil and both world wars) Trade interdiction (interdiction of the slave trade) going out an sinking ships before they reach land to trade. Privateering (sending out armed merchant ships and taking the other merchant ship"s goods, like pirating) Support for imperial projects (showing the flag and gunboat diplomacy) Support for land-based military operations (bringing soldiers to a particular point on the coast and providing them with goods) Riverine operations with smaller craft (the use of steam craft) Support for convoys (long well-established trend even before napoleon time) Suppression of privateers in the mediterranean and north africa.
