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Als Berufsoffizier, der zusätzlich zu seinen dienstlichen Aufgaben 2012 das Diplomstudium der Geschichte absolviert hat, durfte ich im Rahmen des Grundausbildungslehrgangs für MBO1 (GALG) dieses Thema auswählen. Dieses hat auch zu meinem heutigen Wirkungsgebiet als österreichischer Verteidigungsattachè (Land, Luft, Marine) in Kroatien einen besonderen Bezug, da ich einerseits seit etwa 15 Jahren der Obmann der ‚Marinekameradschaft Tegetthoff‘, die bereits selbst wiederum eine etwa 60-jährige Geschichte aufzuweisen hat, bin; und andererseits wurde ich vor etwa vier Jahren zum Vizepräsident in das Präsidium des ‚Österreichischen Marine Verbands‘ gewählt, ein Amt, das ich immer noch inne habe.
Diese Hausarbeit wurde mit sehr zeitintensiver Vor- und Aufbereitung sowie in kritisch freier, aber logischer Art und Weise durchgeführt. Es konnten ausreichend Erfahrungen, Recherchen – persönlich und digital – zu Hilfe genommen werden. Zusätzlich wurden aktuelle Beiträge aus Büchern und Fachzeitschriften in die Bearbeitung miteinbezogen. Es wurde eine Methode gewählt, die eine Erklärung der jeweiligen Dinge, die einer Beurteilung zu unterziehen waren, leicht und verständlich ermöglichte.
Es ist mir eine besondere Freude gewesen diese Hausarbeit zu schreiben und hoffe, dass dadurch ein besserer Zugang zur k.u.k. Kriegsmarine und zur heute gelebten, österreichischen Marinetradition - obwohl es heute gar keine österreichische Marine mehr gibt - zustande kommen wird.

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- Maritime History, Naval History, Maritime Education and Training
- by Roberto Barazzutti
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- Maritime History, Naval Warfare, Naval History, History of Piracy
- by Jose Manuel Serrano
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- Modern History, Early Modern History, Colonial America, Naval History
- by John Nash
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- Ancient History, Classics, Naval History, Ancient Greek History

This MA Medieval History dissertation examines 11th century original sources to support the thesis that Godwin of Wessex was a sea-lord in command of ships, that he aligned with the Danish sea warriors of Cnut the Great before the conquest of England in 1016, and that his power as earl of Wessex was largely derived from his control of military and mercantile fleets and strategic maritime and trade landholdings.

- by Kathleen Tyson
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- Anglo-Saxon Studies, Naval History, Danish History, Anglo-Norman history

Aus Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters, 69-1 (2013), p. 315, 390 u. 392-393.

- by Kristjan Toomaspoeg
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- Jewish Studies, Medieval History, Naval History, Capua
- by Aldo Antonicelli
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- Naval History

1. The changing character of naval battle in history When one looks across the spectrum of world naval history, the nature and character of major naval battles have changed dramatically over time. These changes have tended to punctuate and divide long periods in history during which the basic concept of naval battles remained largely the same. The key periods are traditionally seen as the age of galley warfare that characterized classical naval history; the line of battle from the mid-seventeenth century to the early 19 th century; the age of naval warfare under steam power in the mid-to late 19 th century; the age of air and submarine combat in the first half of the twentieth century; and, most recently, the age of the missile, space, and cyber warfare dating from the latter half of the twentieth century into the present. Each of these periods in naval history has typically been characterized by a dominant type of warship which is closely associated in its design with the new emerging weapons and weapon-systems of the era 1. As that lists suggests, the periods of characteristic naval battles have tended to become relatively shorter and shorter in the modern period as naval warfare reflects the ever quickening pace of technological innovation since the Industrial Revolution. At the same time, however, one must note that the characteristically dominant type of battle in a specific period does not necessarily exclude the earlier forms, but may occur alongside them. For example, the galley that typified ancient warfare was used in the Baltic, North America, and the Mediterranean well into the eighteenth century. Similarly, the tactic of " Crossing the T " that became so famous in the battles between ships-of-the-line in the eighteenth century was used by the American battleship force that engaged the Japanese in Surigao Strait in October 1944. There can be a variety of reasons why there is overlap between eras. These include the continued use of particular weapons, tactics, and technologies across periods, even when they are no longer the

- by John B Hattendorf
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- Naval Warfare, Naval History, Second World War, Naval Aviation
- by Glenn Grieco
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- Naval Architecture, Maritime Archaeology, French History, Maritime History
- by Gabor Agoston
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- Military History, Ottoman History, Naval Warfare, Naval History
- by John B Hattendorf
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- NATO, Naval History
- by Augusto Alves Salgado
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- Naval Warfare, Naval History, Great War, Navigator
- by Gareth Atkins
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- American History, Naval History, Nineteenth Century United States
- by Chuck A . Steele
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- Naval History

Las acciones humanitarias llevadas a cabo por el Capitán de Navío Miguel Grau Seminario se adelantaron a la codificación de las mismas por parte del derecho internacional. Si bien no fueron una exclusividad en la historia naval del mundo,... more

- by Michel Laguerre
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- Maritime History, Naval History

Dernier ouvrage de défense construit sur l'île de Porquerolles, la batterie haute des Mèdes (1928-1944) est un élément représentatif et exemplaire du système de défense de la base navale de Toulon. Son organisation, sa construction, son armement et son équipement de conduite de tir furent étudiés par la CEPAC. Son camouflage expérimental fut l'œuvre du peintre de la Marine Pierre Gatier.

- by Frédéric Saffroy
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- Military History, Naval History, Mediterranean Studies, Fortifications

En la década de 1890, en pleno boom del caucho, los barcos de vapor comienzan a recorrer lentamente la Amazonía boliviana. El escenario es prometeico: la goma construye fortunas en medio de la selva, se planean ferrocarriles que modernizarán el país, se trazan proyectos para canalizar los ríos y las firmas caucheras inician una carrera naval que transforma la navegación precaria de canoas, monterías y batelones. El discurso tecnófilo plantea al vapor como una revolución copernicana que lo cambia todo: posibilita el progreso social y el desarrollo económico, aniquila el tiempo y el espacio, libera el transporte de las constricciones de la geografía, refuerza la soberanía nacional en la frontera. ¿Pero conviene reducir el barco cauchero a ícono del progreso civilizador o a un mecanismo de la agenda nacionalista? Se trata de analizar qué sucede con el barco propiamente dicho más allá de ese contexto singular, sin diluirlo en una economía política, y de procurar reconstruir las biografías, las historias y los imaginarios del barco y de la gente del barco, pero a la vez la experiencia de una navegación inédita que cifra nuevas percepciones del río y de la selva: porque ciertamente hay una concepción técnica de la navegación fluvial a vapor, pero hay también una cierta belleza estética del barco, un cierto simbolismo, una cierta nostalgia o memoria afectiva del barco como artefacto que una lectura atenta de las fuentes históricas puede ayudarnos a recuperar. (Bolivia - Amazonía - Antropología histórica - Extractivismo - Mecanización - Barcos - Caucho)

- by Diego Villar
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- History, Cultural Studies, Latin American Studies, Anthropology

World War II would prove the Yard's heyday. Between 1941 and 1945 the Yard workforce would quintuple from 13,000 to 71,000; at the war's height, the Yard adopted a round-the-clock, three-shift a day, seven-day-week schedule. New York's 1800 docks, piers, and wharves, and 600 individual ship anchorages enable the port to clear 21,450 ships in 1,459 convoys; the new warship construction, fitting out, maintenance, and repairs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard were heroic, enabling the Nation to accomplish its global mission.

- by Ken Yellis
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- American History, Military History, American Studies, Naval History

Je tâche dans cette contribution de dresser le « bilan opérationnel » des deux principales marines de la guerre d'Indépendance américaine. Après avoir comparé leurs politiques de construction et d’entretien à la veille et au cours de la guerre, de même que l’évolution de leurs effectifs et la composition de leurs forces, j’expose les effets, sur le matériel naval dont elles disposaient, des opérations qui eurent lieu, sur différents théâtres, de 1778 à 1783. Puis, le cadre étant ainsi posé, j’examine la façon dont ces forces furent employées de part et d’autre pendant le conflit, et les résultats auxquels parvinrent l’une et l’autre marine. / In this paper, I intend to draw up the « operational record » of the two main navies of the American War of Independence. Having compared their shipbuilding and maintenance policies before and during the war, as well as the evolution and composition of their forces, I study the material consequences of the operations which took place, in different theaters of war, from 1778 to 1783. Then, I examine the way in which naval forces were, in this context, employed on both sides during the conflict, and the results which the two navies achieved.

- by Pierre Le Bot
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- Naval History, American Revolutionary War, Historia naval, Histoire navale
- by Joe Regan
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- Naval Warfare, Naval History, Southern History, American Civil War
- by Kant Singh
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- Philology, Religion, Hinduism, Comparative Religion
- by Giorgio Tosco
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- Naval History, Seventeenth Century, History of Genoa, Genova
- by Wei Leng Loh
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- Maritime History, Naval History, Chinese history (History)
- by Daniel M Brown
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- Naval History, Biography, War of 1812, Social History of the Royal Navy
- by Vera Moya Sordo
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- Naval History, Historia naval, corso español

Книга посвящена истории становления российского военно-морского флота при Петре I и приурочена к открытию выставки «Как царь Петр море полюбил», которая прошла в МГОМЗ с 25 мая по 10 сентября 2017 г. The book was published for the... more

- by Andrey Topychkanov
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- Naval Architecture, War Studies, Naval Warfare, Naval History

Riksäpplet deals with a shipwreck that has a neglected position in the grand narrative of the history of the Swedish navy. The story of its destiny and the missing accounts in scholarly and popular works in history says something about heritage processes within Swedish maritime archaeology.
On 5 June 1676 Riksäpplet came loose and adrift from its moorings outside Dalarö Sea fortress. The hull struck a rock and sank. The loss was considered both ignominious and embarrassing and the ship’s fate has been overlooked in all major history books. The rock onto which Riksäpplet sank was named ‘Äpplet’ after the incident, and the wreck itself has become an integrated component of the underwater seascape. As a consequence the wreckage has never enjoyed a proper ‘discovery’ or undergone documentation under the sensational forms that many other famous shipwrecks have, even though they have sunk in more inconvenient places.
In Eriksson’s study the official handling of Riksäpplet’s wrecked body is compared to the more wellknown ships Kronan and Svärdet, which both sank during battle only days before. Eriksson draws on different motifs and driving forces behind the study of naval wrecks from the period from his comparison, and the differences are discussed. Riksäpplet has never achieved a prominent position with the romanticising works of history that honour the national heroes and their deeds which are associated with this era of the Swedish Empire. The first half of the book thus sets out to unpack the ideas that have led to the relative disinterest in Riksäpplet in comparison to other shipwrecks.
The second half of the book sets out to analyse Riksäpplet from a specific archaeological perspective, with focus on the ship as material culture. Eriksson’s departure is to explore the relatively low budget fieldwork that has been done at the wreck site. He the combines those facts with a survey of the artefacts recovered from the wreck, of which all are kept in museum archives and private collections. This, in addition to his studies of preserved written correspondence concerning the construction of the ship, has brought new insights into seventeenth-century shipbuilding and how the balance between the global political superpowers affected this trade. In this context Riksäpplet has great potential to show how military alliances are materialized through ships’ architecture.

- by Niklas Eriksson
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- Maritime Archaeology, Maritime History, Naval History, Seventeenth Century
- by Andreas Linderoth
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- Naval History, Swedish History
- by Roberto Barazzutti
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- Maritime History, Naval History, Corsairs, Privateering

Plaque text and supporting paper for provincial historic site.

- by Michael Eamon
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- Naval History, Canadian Political History, History of Ontario, War of 1812
- by Tuğba Belenli
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- International Relations, Naval History, Turkey, Modern Turkey

Russia and NATO still have significant military strength, albeit much reduced since the Cold War. The US also plans to improve its military presence in the Arctic in the future. According to Russian experts, the constant presence of the US nuclear submarine fleet and deploying sea-based missile defence systems that are being actively developed by the Americans will create opportunities in the Arctic to intercept Russian ballistic missiles and deliver a pre-emptive strike. But, as Stephanie Pezard puts it, “Russia is deploying capabilities that can defend a region it deems highly strategic, but could also, in theory, be employed for other purposes—for instance, locking Norway (a NATO member) behind an anti-access/area denial ‘bubble’”. Understanding Russia’s economic weaknesses, Moscow is concerned that the West (mainly) and other powers plan to deprive Russia of the Northern Sea Route and the economic resources of the Arctic. And to prevent such an outcome, Russia is strengthening its military presence in the region as a tool of détente.

- by Nurlan Aliyev
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- Military History, Russian Studies, Strategy (Military Science), Naval Warfare

This text gives some very small selection of details included in the forthcoming Caracalla: A Military Biography (as an advertisement) due to be published by Pen & Sword this year and in fact provides also a short overview of some of the unconventional strategies and tactics employed by Caracalla together with some quite new info regarding period equipment and military practices. A much fuller discussion of all things connected to military matters in its widest sense can be found in the book.

In absence of a major war at sea, today's naval leaders can use insights gained from war gaming operational problems. At the U.S. Naval War College, recent war games about command and control have provided a collective experience for... more

- by Jon Scott Logel
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- Military History, Maritime History, Naval Warfare, Naval History
- by John Berge
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- Naval History, Early Modern Britain, Germany

Sea power as a concept is a question of input (the fleet, shipsheds, and related maritime industry) and output and control (influence exerted on other people’s use of the sea). This can be approached theoretically from two classic angles: the destruction of the enemy fleet in decisive naval battles (power at sea) vs. how sea power can influence the outcome of events on land (power from the sea). In reality, sea control may have been impossible due to the limitations of ancient ships, whereas sea denial—denying the enemy the local use of the sea—was not. Ancient naval history is consequently not just about naval battles, but also about naval infrastructure: harbours, ships, trained sailors, shipsheds, and a complex naval organization. Roman naval activity before 260 BCE is highly disputed, but whatever we make of this, the First Punic War and Cn. Duilius’ victory at Mylae in 260 BCE marked a radical departure from traditional Roman strategy. The fleet turned into a tool of aggression. The prize was Sicily. After the First Punic War, Roman fleets were involved in numerous hostilities and wars. However, the Roman fleet was an ad hoc organisation: there was no permanent fleet, and temporary fleets arose circumstantially in order to confront crises and emergencies. With the victory of Augustus came a standing Roman fleet, protecting Rome and Italy with naval bases. It was only at this late stage that the navalists—champions of a permanent fleet—won the day. After Actium, Rome controlled the Mediterranean and there was simply no room for any enemy naval bases.

- by Carsten Hjort Lange
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- Ancient History, Roman History, Naval History, Ancient naval warfare
- by Lachlan Grant
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- Military History, International Law, Naval Warfare, Naval History

This paper studies steel built-up guns made in Josiah Vavasseur's London Ordnance Works in 1880s that were sold to China and used in coastal forts and warships. It uses the Vavasseur album in the collection of Southwark Local History Library to identify each type of Vavasseur guns that was used in China and has drawings, photos or surviving examples.

- by Yichuan Chen
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- Military History, Artillery, Naval History, Iron and Steel (History)

in Revue d’histoire maritime n°25, numéro "Le navire à la mer", 2018.