Talk:History of the North Sea

Events between 1815 to 1904

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• Agnew RAL. John Forbes FRS (1787-1861) saw action 1811-13 upon the North Sea in a squadron which blockaded the Dutch coast and attacking fortified ports on the river Elbe Agnew RAL. John Forbes FRS (1787-1861) however this is before 1815.
• On the Netherland dunes in 1818 a spa was opened. Bathers entered the waves from horse drawn cabins, and left the same way. SCHEVENINGEN, NORTH SEA SPA FOR ALL SEASONS - New York Times
• The 31 August 1819 earthquake caused widespread damage (MMIVIII) to stone components of wooden buildings in the sparsely populated region of Nordland Norway, as well as very extensive rockfalls, liquefaction phenomena and a remarkable variety of disturbances in fjords and in the sea. The earthquake was felt throughout northern Scandinavia over distances of up to 800 km. Quote from The Scandinavian Earthquakes December 1759 and 31 August 1819
• North Holland Canal constructed 1819-25, first modern ship canal and The North Sea or Amsterdam Canal was built in 1865-76. BARNARD, John Gross., Report on the North Sea Canal of Holland ...
• Bell Rock Lighthouse - twenty-seven miles off Dundee, constructed 1824 1824 - The Bell Rock Lighthouse
• February 3 1825 Dutch North Sea coast floods 1825 in History
• 1826 "Apparently a series of epidemic fevers, which struck the southern North Sea coast in the years 1826 and 1827 was partly caused by tropical malaria" Malaria around the North Sea: A Survey
• 1826 North sea shipping blocked by the English 1826. KRISTINE JOHANNESDATTER (OHNSTAD) OHNSTAD 1828-1908 [RN2023]
• 1839: After king George I arrived in New Albion, his admiral Carleton swears to retake Britain for the monarchy. The admiral collects the British navy in the Pacific, goes to the North Sea, prepares for a strike against London. Quotation from World 1820-1840 (Chaos) - Alternative History The northernmost part of Jutland is separated by the Limfjord from the mainland, but is still commonly reckoned as part of the peninsula. It only became an island following a flood in 1825.Jutland Peninsula: North Sea
• 1848-51 During the First Schleswig War of 1848-51, Britain and the Netherlands remained neutral and Denmark became the enemy. Within a few days the Danish navy had destroyed German maritime commerce in the North Sea and the Baltic. Adalbert of Prussia Summary
• 1854–1856 Crimean War AngloFranco expeditions sent into Baltic Sea to prevent Russian ships discharging into the North Sea The Crimean War: 1854-1856 - Google Books Result
• 1864 Tolls were charged by Denmark on shipping passing through the Danish Straits to pass between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. Second Schleswig War
• 1866 Austria concedes to Prussia the right to dig a canal through HOlstein to link Prussia's Baltic ports to the North Sea. Quote from The Austro-Prussian War: Austria's War with Prussia and Italy in 1866 - Google Books Result
• 1870-1871 Addition made of the Franco Prussian war 1870-1871 the German armoured ships were all based on the German North Sea coast when war began.The Naval warfare in the Franco- German War 1870- 1871 ...
• November 1887 the fishermen in the North Sea were protected from the liquor traffic from bum boats by a convention. The Development of International Law - Google Books Result
• 1890 Britain and Germany signed the Treaty of Heligoland, ... The island of Heligoland on the North Sea was also ceded to Germany. A Chronology of World Political History (1851 - 1900 C.E.)
• Cod War of 1893, the Danish Government, who governed Iceland and the Faroe Islands, claimed a fishing limit of 13 nautical miles (24 km) around their shores. British trawler owners disputed this claim and continued to send their ships to Icelandic waters Cod War - The Cod War Of 1893
• This book is not online but outlines some potential points of view in the early first half of the 1800s Great Britain and Sea Power, 1815-1853 by C. J. Bartlett. 364 pgs.
• Russo-Japanese war, 1904-1905 saw the occurence of the Dogger Bank incident... this is the only North Sea event listed for this time period in the online book Wars and Peace treaties 1816-1991. by Erik Goldstein
• In the online book War in the Modern World Since 1815 By Jeremy Black the naval battles jump forward to the Royal Navy defending the North Sea in 1914 - page 197

SriMesh | talk 01:56, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

• For information about German-French-British Naval Rivalry 1890's-1914 see The Millstone which describes how inability to both compete with Germany and defend British trade, mostly travelling through the Mediteranean, against French and Russian threats led to the Entente cordiale -and uncontrolled UK spending on the Naval Arms race. JRPG (talk) 11:22, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

World War II and the North Sea

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• December 31, 1944 Bizarre B-17 Collision Over the North Sea During World War II
• British vessels lost at sea in World War 2 - MGB, MTB, SGB, ML etc
• The PT boats operated during the entire war in three main areas:
  • The North Sea, between Britain and German-occupied Western Europe, where British, and later also American PT boats, clashed intensively with their elusive and faster German counterparts, the German S-boats (S for speed, in both German and English). Each side tried to attack the other's coastal shipping routes and protect his from the enemy's attacks. Quote from PT Boats, Torpedo Boats
• Photos of coastal defences German and England are online one such is at World War Heritage
• Norway's strategic location attracted British and German interest in both World Wars. Norway was not neutral in World War II. British efforts to bottle up German U-boats and surface units was premised on command of the North sea. The British had effectively done this in World war I and it severely hampered U-boat operations. German Admiral Wegener during World War I wrote about Norway's geo-strtegic importance. After the War the importance of German naval bases in Norway was stressed. Bases in Norway, especially air bases would greatly faciltate Allied operations in the North Sea. In addition Norway was an important producer of iron ore. Swedish iron ore was also important and this passed through the Norwegian port of Narvik. Both the British and Germans imported Scandinavian iron ore. war and social upheaval: World War II Denmark NorwayDunkirk
• World War II stopped fishing in the North SEa due to minefields and military restrictions.The Unnatural History of the Sea By Callum Roberts
• Consequence of World War 2 was munitions dumping. A Rusting Timebomb in the Baltic World War II bombs, poisonous chemicals, sudden explosions of rusting ordnance pose a major threat to the Baltic Sea in the years to come, say experts. But governments are slow to tackle the problem.

So far this is what has been found, will keep looking. SriMesh | talk 03:55, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

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