by chuck » Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:19 am
"The single greatest" WarshipS
The English Navy had really only become preeminent starting from about 1680, all the hot air about the Spanish armada 100 years before not withstanding. If you randomly select a year from 1680-1945, the chances are at least 75% that the top 2 - 3 largest or strongest warship to be found in the world that year flies someone else's flag.
In fact, during those 265 years, there were more years (about 90) when the strongest warships in the world flew the French flag than there were years when the strongest warships flew the English flag.
"The single greatest" Warship[size=150][b]S[/b][/size]
The English Navy had really only become preeminent starting from about 1680, all the hot air about the Spanish armada 100 years before not withstanding. If you randomly select a year from 1680-1945, the chances are at least 75% that the top 2 - 3 largest or strongest warship to be found in the world that year flies someone else's flag.
In fact, during those 265 years, there were more years (about 90) when the strongest warships in the world flew the French flag than there were years when the strongest warships flew the English flag.