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The Great War: Navy
The widespread introduction of modern communication techniques such as radio and sonar greatly changed the way Naval forces where used in the Great War. Gallipoli, on the northern bank of the Dardanelles, and Dogger Bank in the North Sea, where the location for some of the biggest navel battles of the Great War. Naval blockades nearly lost, and in turn, helped win the war, as each side attempted to stop all supplies reaching their intended destinations.
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter
1881-1955Vice-Admiral; recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sitter in 12 portraits
1868-1919
Politician and Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Sitter in 2 portraits
Politician and Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Sitter in 2 portraits