Talk:HMS Enterprise (H88)

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The Enterprises of World War I The relative peace that reigned during the second half of the 19th Century was shattered in August 1914 with the outbreak of World War I. Naval developments and doctrine had come to favor the huge dreadnoughts, floating fortresses bristling with powerful guns. Except for the dreaded German U-boat attacks, naval engagements were fought by fleets of dreadnoughts and battlecruisers lobbing shells at each other from distances of up to 5 miles.

During the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916, fleets from the British and German navies engaged each other several times in the North Sea off Jutland, Denmark. As has so often been the case in naval conflicts, the results were mixed. While the German Navy scored a tactical victory by sinking more British ships than it lost, the British Royal Navy had achieved a strategic victory by maintaining control of the North Sea.

The Royal Navy, the United States Navy, and the French Navy all had vessels named Enterprise in service during World War I. However, none of these vessels were ocean-going warships. On October 2, 1899, the Royal Navy commissioned a steam-powered screw tug as the HMS Enterprise. She was built at the McLachlan Dock Yards in England and was 110 feet in length. She served as a dockyard tug until 1919, when she was renamed Emprise. She continued in service as the Emprise until she was sold in 1947. She therefore had the distinction of having served during both world wars.

This dockyard tug served with the Royal Navy from 1899 to 1919 as the HMS Enterprise.

Simon Hide, (Great-Grandfather was crew in 1901)

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.240.120.253 (talk • contribs)

as per HMS Enterprise, this ship was not commissioned, and was therefore just Enterprise, not HMS Enterprise. 195.92.168.165 01:39, 21 December 2006 (UTC)