Posted in cold war French ships

Gymnote (1964)

Conventional Ballistic Submarine (Built 1963-66). Service 1966-1986. Gymnote (S655) was an experimental submarine of the French Navy, a conventional model…

Posted in 1890 Spanish Armada

Isla de Luzon class cruisers (1886)

Armada (1887-1900): Isla de Luzon, Isla de Cuba, Marqués de la Ensenada In 1885 the Armada (Spanish Navy) naval staff…

Posted in cold war Italian Navy

Luigi Durand de la Penne class destroyer

The last Italian Guided Missiles Destoryers Built 1989-93: Luigi Durand de la Penne, Francesco Mimbelli 1993-2024/25 Italy Day ! The…

Posted in 1890 fleets Italian Navy 1890

Ruggiero di Lauria class Ironclads (1884)

Ironclad Battleships (1879-1895): Ruggiero di Lauria, Francesco Morosini, Andrea Doria Italian Ironclad Battleships Caio Duilio class (1879) | Italia class…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships soviet submarines

Typhoon class submarines

Project 941 Akula nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines 6 ballistic submarines built 1976-89: TK-208, 202, 12, 13, 47, 20, 210…

Posted in 1860 fleets 1870 Fleets French 1870 Fleet

Gloire class ironclads (1859)

France 1858-1880, Broadside Ironclad Origin of the ironclad concept The naval staff under the 2nd French Empire (Napoleon III) was…

Posted in Cold war British Ships cold war UK subs

Resolution class SSBN (1966)

Nuclear Ballistic Submarines 1964-1968 S22 Resolution, S23 Repulse, S26 Renown, S27 Revenge in service until 1996 The Resolution class were…

Posted in ww2 IT subs ww2 Italian Navy

Archimede class submarine (1933)

Oceanic Submersibles (1932-35): Archimede, Galileo Ferraris, Galileo Galilei, Evangelista Torricelli The Archimede class were a four submarines built for the…

Posted in ww2 IJN destoyers WW2 Japanese Navy

Wakatake class destroyers (1922)

2nd class Destroyers built 1921-23, N°2 to 26, 5 cancelled, renamed 1928: Wakatake, Kuretake, Sanae, Sawarabi, Asagao, Yūgao, Fuyō, Karukaya…

Posted in British Fleet Air Arm WW2 Naval Aviation

Supermarine Seagull (1921)

Supermarine Seagull (1921) RNAS/FAA 30 built. The Supermarine Seagull was a flying boat produced developed by Supermarine’s chief designer R.J….

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