Posted in Royal Navy 1890

Iris class cruiser (1877)

RN (1875-79, service until 1905-19): Iris, Mercury The Iris class Cruiser were an important milestone in the development of the…

Posted in USN modern

Zumwalt class destroyer

Guided Missile Destroyer (2011-2027): DDG-1000 Zumwalt, DDG-1001 Michael Monsoor, DDG-1002 Lyndon B. Johnson For this 4th of July here is…

Posted in ww1 Uboats

U23 class (1912)

Germany: SM U23, 24, 25, 25 (1912) The U23 class submarine were of the so-called double-hulled type, designed as oceanic…

Posted in Cold War RCAN WW2 Canadian Navy

Canadian Tribals (Iroquois class) (1941)

Royal Navy (built 1940-47) Iroquois, Athabaskan, Huron, Haida, Micmac, Nootka, Cayuga, Athabaskan (II) Canada Day ! The Canadian Navy had…

Posted in Austro-Hungarian Navy

Lohner E (1913)

✠ K.u.K. Seefliegerkorps: c40 manufactured 1913-1914. In service until 1916 The Lohner E was an Austro-Hungarian reconnaissance flying boat of…

Posted in CW UK frigates

Leopard (Type 41) class Frigate

Royal Navy, Type 14 or Leopard-class frigates: 7 ships in Service 1957-2013* RN: HMS Leopard, Lynx, Puma, Jaguar RIN: INS…

Posted in French Navy 1890

Davout (1889)

Marine Nationale (1887-80), Protected cruiser, 1890-1910 Davout (After Napoleon’s Marshall) was a protected cruiser of completely new and modern type…

Posted in U-Boats

Type VIIA (1933)

Kriegsmarine (1934), U-26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 With the Type VIIA we start a…

Posted in WW2 IT DDs

Folgore class destroyer (1931)

Regia Marina: 8 Built 1929-33: Folgore, Lampo, Fulmine, Baleno The Folgore class, sometimes mixed with the Dardo class, was composed…

Posted in ww1 german navy

SMS Hela (1895)

Germany, Aviso-Cruiser, 1895-1914 SMS Hela was a cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, initially classed as an “aviso” (despatch vessel)….