Month: May 2016
Battle of Jutland (May 31, 1916)
United Kingdom vs. Germany Prelude and context Since the starting of hostilities, both fleets had been wisely kept out of…
Lion class Battlecruisers (1910)
Lion class Battlecruisers (1910) HMS Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary Beatty’s “splendid cats” at Jutland were a source of pride…
Indefatigable class battlecruisers (1907)
United Kingdom – Battlecruisers – Indefatigable, Australia, New Zealand Development and design This second-class of battle cruisers (1908 plan) was…
Invincible class Battlecruisers (1907)
Invincible class Battlecruisers (1907) United Kingdom (1907) – Battlecruisers – Invincible, Indomitable, Inflexible Introduction: The world’s first battlecruisers Cruisers, naturally…
Deutschland class battleships (1906)
Deutschland class battleships (1906) Germany (1906) Battleships Deutschland, Hannover, Pommern, Schleisen Schleswig-Holstein The last German pre-dreadnoughts The five battleships of…
Admiralty M-class destroyers
Admiralty M-class destroyers United Kingdom (1915) Destroyers – 85 Emergency War Construction Programme At the outbreak of war, the Admiralty…
Colossus class Battleships
Colossus class Battleships (1906) United Kingdom (1906) HMS Colossus, HMS Hercules HMS Neptune, launched in 1909 experimented with a main…
HMS Neptune (1902)
HMS Neptune (1902) United Kingdom (1908) Battleship A brand new league The Neptune was supposed to be the leading ship…
Bellorophon class battleships
Bellorophon class battleships United Kingdom (1906) – Bellorophon, Superb, Temeraire Direct successors to the Dreadnought By december 1906, after the…
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
HMS Dreadnought (1906) United Kingdom (1906) Battleship – 1 built An historical landmark HMS Dreadnought in auld English “fear nothing”,…