Month: October 2017
WW1 French Torpedo Boats
WW1 French Torpedo Boats 350 Torpedo Boats (1870s-1914) Introduction: French doctrine about TBs The French did not invented the torpedo…
USS New York (1891)
USA – Armoured Cruiser The first American Armoured Cruiser The USS Saratoga is certainly not as well-known as the aircraft…
Radetzky class battleships (1908)
Radetzky class battleships (1908) Radetzky, Erzherzog Franz Ferdinand, Zrinyi (1908) SMS Radetzky: the last Austrian pre-dreadnought In February 1906, HMS…
Battle of Gotland (July, 2, 1915)
Reichsmarine vs Russian Navy Fire on the Baltic The fact that the Baltic did not saw naval major battles like…
Cruiser Minin (1866)
Cruiser Minin (1866) Russia, 1866 The oldest cruiser worldwide ? The Minin (Минин) was still in service in 1914. By…
WW1 Japanese Destroyers
WW1 Japanese Destroyers Japan (1898-1919) – About 180 ships A newcomer in destroyer design WW2 Japanese destroyers were certainly among…
Modeller’s Corner: Ships model Kits
Classic ships Model Kits (injected) In all the recent ships posts (from 2021 onwards) you will find systematically a “modeller’s…