Diary March 8, 1915

03-1915, Diary WWI, War Diary, Year 1915 / 1 minute of reading

Ark Royal (World War One) — ‘Ark Royal’ in use off the Dardanelles: converted to aircraft carrier in 1914. Displacement 7,450 tons, 4 x 12-pdr guns and 2 MGs, speed 11 kts and a crew of 180 men.

Diary for Monday, March 8, 1915:

Sea War

Dardanelles: 2 Royal Navy Air Service seaplanes lost, only 2 serviceable.

Western Front

Flanders: German attack near Dixmude.

African Fronts

Southwest Africa: Namib Desert temperature 132 °F.

Home Fronts

Austria: At Council of Ministers Francis Joseph in principle accepts frontier changes for Italy, Conrad bitterly complains better to go to ruin.
Britain: Amatol explosive first tested, Kitchener authorizes immediate use (c. 400t production per week by mid-1917).

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.