WORLD WAR 1

H.M.S.LANCE

THIS SHIP FIRED THE FIRST SHOT AT SEA ON 5TH AUGUST 1914

LANCE AND ANOTHER SHIP WERE PATROLLING IN THE NORTH SEA AND CAME ACROSS THE GERMAN MINELAYER

KONIGIN LOUISE

LANCE FIRED HER FOUR INCH GUN HITTING AND EVENTUALLY SINKING HER

MAKING HER THE FIRST NAVAL CASUALTY OF

  WWI