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On This Day: Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel:... (1904)
Source: Today in History (history.muffinlabs.com) - CC BY-SA 3.060 words
On December 7, 1904: Comparative fuel trials begin between warships HMS Spiteful and HMS Peterel: Spiteful was the first warship powered solely by fuel oil, and the trials led to the obsolescence of coal in ships of the Royal Navy.
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