| 1901 | Marconi makes the first successful radio transmission across
the Atlantic
Britain`s first submarine is launched |
| 1902 | USA acquires perpetual control of the incomplete Panama Canal
(Central America) |
| 1905 | Germany lays down the first Dreadnought battleship |
| 1910 | Union of South Africa formed |
| 1911 | Southampton`s Ocean Dock is opened
National strikes by seamen, dock and transport workers |
| 1912 | Titanic sinks on her maiden voyage with the loss of
1513 lives |
| 1913 | The Panama Canal is opened
Supermarine aircraft factoriy is set up at Woolston on the River
Itchen |
| 1914 | Britain wins the Schneider Trophy with the Sopwith Tabloid
biplane
Britain declares war on Germany; start of World War 1 |
| 1915 | Lusitania is sunk by a German submarine off the coast
of Ireland; 1198 die |
| 1916 | The Battle of Jutland - the only major World War 1 naval battle
between the British and German fleets |
| 1917 | R.J. Mitchell joins Supermarine |
| 1918 | Armistice signed, ending World War 1 |
| 1919 | A cross-Channel air service is inaugurated between Southampton,
Le Harve and Cherbourg with a passenger-carrying flying boat |
