Q.1
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.2
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.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
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.5
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
Q.6
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.7
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.8
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.9
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.10
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
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