The Importance of Upcoming Refueling at Sea

There was a limit on the amount of fuel that naval ships could store. For several decades, this was in the form of coal to fire boilers. But then shortly before the First World War, more and more ships began to shift to oil for fuel. This would greatly accelerate after the war. Oil provided a whole host of benefits to naval ships. It was easier to store drastically easier to move around the ship and also provided more heat per volume. The rate at which this could be done varied but regardless of the method, it was backbreaking and exhausting work for the men on board.