Q.1
After the Armistice of November 1918, 74 German ships were sent to Scapa Flow in the Scottish Orkneys to await Germany's surrender. How did their German commander react?
  • He had his men abandon their ships
  • He ordered his ships back to Germany
  • He resisted the British and continued to fight
  • He sunk all his ships
Q.2
In the Allied raid on Zeebrugge in 1918, what was the British plan?
  • To sink Dutch ships
  • To sink Belgian ships
  • To sink British ships
  • To sink German ships
Q.3
On 16th December 1914 the German Navy conducted a raid on which British ports?
  • Dover, Portsmouth and Southampton
  • Aberdeen, Newcastle and Hull
  • Liverpool, Swansea and Glasgow
  • Hartlepool, Scarborough and Whitby
Q.4
The Germans conducted a further raid on Dover Strait in April 1917, during which German and British crews engaged in which old-fashioned act of naval warfare?
  • Powered their ships with oars
  • Used cannonballs
  • Fought hand to hand
  • Made their enemies walk the plank
Q.5
The first naval battle of the war took place on 28th August 1914 and was a victory for the British. Where did the battle take place?
  • Off the coast of Britain
  • In the mid-Atlantic
  • Off the coast of Germany
  • In the south-Pacific
Q.6
The German U-boat campaign, against Allied merchant ships in the Atlantic, sunk how many tons of shipping?
  • Eighty million tons
  • Eight million tons
  • Eight hundred thousand tons
  • Eighty thousand tons
Q.7
In October 1916 the Germans won a victory when a force of torpedo boats launched an attack on which stretch of water?
  • The Bristol Channel
  • Straits of Dover
  • The Thames Estuary
  • The Straits of Orkney
Q.8
In November 1914 Britain suffered its first naval defeat of the war. How many years was it since their last defeat at sea?
  • 22 years
  • 52 years
  • 82 years
  • 102 years
Q.9
On 26th February 1918, HMHS Glenart Castle was sunk by a German U-boat. What did the initials 'HMHS' stand for?
  • His Majesty's Hospital Ship
  • His Majesty's Heavy Ship
  • His Majesty's Helicopter Ship
  • His Majesty's Homeland Ship
Q.10
The largest naval battle of the war, the Battle of Jutland, took place between 31st May and 1st June How many warships took part?
  • 250 warships
  • 200 warships
  • 150 warships
  • 100 warships
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