And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The magic dwarves tell me that is the SMS Szent Istvan of Austria Hungary after being torpedoed by Italian motor launches on June 10th, 1918. There is a film of the sinking they say.
Croatia, Slovenia, and some Italian land used to be part of Austria-Hungary, in the the Dual Monarchy days and before. Plenty of Adriatic Sea ports back in the day. ~ Doctor Weasel
After the defeat in WW1, Germany lost all its colonies and Germany forfeited 13 percent of its European territory (more than 27,000 square miles) and one-tenth of its population (between 6.5 and 7 million people).
This answer is why Jay Leno could film "JayWalking: Why We Need To Teach Geography" segments for 10 years without ever being unable to find facepalm-worthy comedy gold.
The Austria-Hungarian Empire in 1914 included those two countries plus a sizable portion of the Balkans including was was to become Yugoslavia with several Adriatic ports…
Rob… have you heard of WW 1 that occurred from 1914-1918….??… the picture is from 1917, when the Australian-Hungarian Empire had several ports on the Adriatic Sea….
Those were their first dreadnoughts. To say they were a poor design is to put it mildly. Most large warships have their hull divided laterally into compartments. the Viribus Unitas class had one longitudinal bulkhead down the length of the ship, inviting asymmetric flooding and leading to Szent Istavan (Saint Steven) capsizing,. The crews in the main gun turrets had only 15 minutes of air when they closed up for action because the ventilation system drew in the toxic gasses and smoke from the guns' firing. their next class of dreadnought was never finished because they drafted so many yard workers into the Army, but they were similar to our Nevada class and might have been better.
there is a trilogy of novels by John Biggins about the Austrian submarine force before and during WWI. Purports to be the reminicense of an Austrian Sailor. Very entertaining, seems historically correct, more or less though I did not check. Available on Kindle
The magic dwarves tell me that is the SMS Szent Istvan of Austria Hungary after being torpedoed by Italian motor launches on June 10th, 1918. There is a film of the sinking they say.
ReplyDeleteAustria & Hungry are both landlocked countries ....
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Yes, they are NOW! However. when the incident took place the A-H EMPIRE had several ports on the Adriatic. (shakes head and facepalms)
DeleteCroatia, Slovenia, and some Italian land used to be part of Austria-Hungary, in the the Dual Monarchy days and before. Plenty of Adriatic Sea ports back in the day.
Delete~ Doctor Weasel
After the defeat in WW1, Germany lost all its colonies and Germany forfeited 13 percent of its European territory (more than 27,000 square miles) and one-tenth of its population (between 6.5 and 7 million people).
DeleteThis answer is why Jay Leno could film "JayWalking: Why We Need To Teach Geography" segments for 10 years without ever being unable to find facepalm-worthy comedy gold.
DeleteThere's a small boat next to the ship on the right, did they rescue the crew? Those early films of WWI are pretty amazing to watch.
ReplyDeleteThe Austria-Hungarian Empire in 1914 included those two countries plus a sizable portion of the Balkans including was was to become Yugoslavia with several Adriatic ports…
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Rob… have you heard of WW 1 that occurred from 1914-1918….??… the picture is from 1917, when the Australian-Hungarian Empire had several ports on the Adriatic Sea….
ReplyDeletePerhaps a European History course is in order…
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/map-austro-hungarian-empire-1914
An anonymous wiseass, how refreshing! (sarcasm)
DeleteThis is why you don't announce "Free ice cream on the portside" on the 1MC. Ever.
ReplyDeleteThose were their first dreadnoughts. To say they were a poor design is to put it mildly. Most large warships have their hull divided laterally into compartments. the Viribus Unitas class had one longitudinal bulkhead down the length of the ship, inviting asymmetric flooding and leading to Szent Istavan (Saint Steven) capsizing,.
ReplyDeleteThe crews in the main gun turrets had only 15 minutes of air when they closed up for action because the ventilation system drew in the toxic gasses and smoke from the guns' firing.
their next class of dreadnought was never finished because they drafted so many yard workers into the Army, but they were similar to our Nevada class and might have been better.
there is a trilogy of novels by John Biggins about the Austrian submarine force before and during WWI. Purports to be the reminicense of an Austrian Sailor. Very entertaining, seems historically correct, more or less though I did not check. Available on Kindle
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