Norge class (1900)
Sjøforsvaret, Coast Defence Ships (1900): HNoMS Norge, HNoMS Eidsvold The Eidsvold class were two coastal defence ships built for the…
Jules Michelet (1905)
France. Armored Cruiser built 1904-1908, service until 1937. Jules Michelet was an evoliution of the previous Leon Gambetta armoured cruiser…
Dornier Do J Wal (1922)
Dornier Do J. “Wal” c250 produced. The Dornier Do J. “Wal” was probably the most famous flying boat of the…
Assar i Tewfik (1868)
Ottoman Navy: French built Ironclad (1867-1870) Asar-ı Tevfik (Ottoman Turkish: آثار توفیق, loosely Meaning: “God’s Favor”, was an Ottoman Navy…
Swiftsure class SSN (1971)
Nuclear Attack Submarines built 1968-1971 HMS Valiant (S102), Warspite (S103), Churchill (S46), Conqueror (S48), Courageous (S50) in service until 1990-96…
Benjamin Franklin class (1964)
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1962-66), service 1965-1999: (SSBN-616-659). The Benjamin Franklin is considered a sub-class of the larger Lafayette class,…
Castle class corvettes (1943)
Castle class Corvettes (1942) United Kingdom/Canada – (1940-45): 44 ships, 95 planned, 51 cancelled. We saw the Flower class corvettes…
Princesa de Asturias class cruisers (1892)
Spanish Armada (1889-1829): Armoured Cruisers Princesa de Asturias, Cataluña, Cardenal Cisneros. The Princesa de Asturias class were armoured cruisers ordered…
Provence class Ironclads (1862)
France 1862-1870, Broadside Ironclads: The Provence class were ten broadside ironclads built in the follow-up of the Gloire class in…
USS Philadelphia (1889)
USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-4 1890-1926 Authorized in 1887, USS Philadelphia was rigged as three-mast schooner, without head gear and…
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