On March 29, 1942 the conditions of weather, sea and combat on the high seas resulted in a desperate battle, and for the light cruiser HMS Trinidad, a shocking turn of events.
During the civil war, the manufacture of powder and explosives was often handled by the most vulnerable, young women and children, whose labor was needed when so many men had been sent off to war. On March 13, 1863, the confederacy experienced a munitions disaster, in the confederate capitol of Richmond.