The Google-friendly History Question Thread.

[Coito ergo sum]

You were answering the Baltimore question?

I was taking a stab at the OP, without having read any of the posts below it (and I didn't stop to look at how long ago the date on the OP was). I take it I got it wrong.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You were answering the Baltimore question?

I was taking a stab at the OP, without having read any of the posts below it (and I didn't stop to look at how long ago the date on the OP was). I take it I got it wrong.

Yep, it was the old cruiser Baltimore.

The most recent question is "When/where/why did an RN officer commanding a major warship wear a skirt into battle."

[Coito ergo sum]

You were answering the Baltimore question?

I was taking a stab at the OP, without having read any of the posts below it (and I didn't stop to look at how long ago the date on the OP was). I take it I got it wrong.

Yep, it was the old cruiser Baltimore.

The most recent question is "When/where/why did an RN officer commanding a major warship wear a skirt into battle."

Hmmm....Charlotte Atkinson maybe wore a skirt while commanding the HMS Brecon?

[Coito ergo sum]

You were answering the Baltimore question?

I was taking a stab at the OP, without having read any of the posts below it (and I didn't stop to look at how long ago the date on the OP was). I take it I got it wrong.

Yep, it was the old cruiser Baltimore.

The most recent question is "When/where/why did an RN officer commanding a major warship wear a skirt into battle."

Maybe the female captain "William Brown" who in 1805 commanded the HMS Maintop?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

You were answering the Baltimore question?

I was taking a stab at the OP, without having read any of the posts below it (and I didn't stop to look at how long ago the date on the OP was). I take it I got it wrong.

Yep, it was the old cruiser Baltimore.

The most recent question is "When/where/why did an RN officer commanding a major warship wear a skirt into battle."

Hmmm....Charlotte Atkinson maybe wore a skirt while commanding the HMS Brecon?

Not the one I'm thinking of. This is a quite famous battle, btw.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Maybe the female captain "William Brown" who in 1805 commanded the HMS Maintop?

Off by about one years.

[Coito ergo sum]

In what battle did a commanding officer of an RN ship wear a skirt?

Trafalgar?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

In what battle did a commanding officer of an RN ship wear a skirt?

Trafalgar?

Oops. My hint above should have been "one hundred years". Sorry for the rouged herring.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Give up?

[Coito ergo sum]

I have not yet begun to google!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I have not yet begun to google!

You should probably start then.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Hint. This was World War I.

[leo-rcc]

Battle of Jutland?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Battle of Jutland?

Very warm.

[leo-rcc]

The battle of Dogger Bank?