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Naval History Quiz

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"For the first and only time in history, wind-powered warships held their own against steam-powered ones" What were the two navies involved in this action?
 
The Battle Sinope, both sides had steam propelled war ships so the answer does not qualify. Neither of those two navies fit the answer.
 
Bill-R said:
Sorry Allan. Just thinking out loud. I don't know how to delete a post.
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I thought maybe you had the answer but accidently deleted before posting. Stuff happens :) We can edit posts but why can't we just delete them? This already can be done by the moderators so it is in the program in one form. I wonder why not allow us to delete our own posts??
Allan
 
Novascotian said:
"For the first and only time in history, wind-powered warships held their own against steam-powered ones" What were the two navies involved in this action?
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According to Wikipedia they were the Texas Navy and the Mexican Navy (didn't know either had a "Navy") in 1843.
 
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