18. -- Torpedo boat G 137, which has attained a speed of 33.9 knots, (about 39 land miles,) is declared to be the fastest war vessel afloat. View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...
In the 1860s, during the Civil War, the Union Navy had the ... is still going strong. The Holland Torpedo Boat Company sold boats to the U.S. and British navies. The company later became the ...
Shvat 23, 2572 (1188 BCE): Armies of the tribes of Israel converged upon the tribe of Binyamin in the aftermath of the “Concubine at Givah” incident in a war that nearly brought about the ...