Landing Craft, Mechanized
US Navy Landing Craft (1938-45): 500 LCM(1), 8,631 LCM(3), 2,513 LCM(6). Operated 1943-1945 D-Day Special ! The Landing Craft Mechanized…
The Atlantic Wall
The Atlantic Wall was a massive system of coastal fortifications built by Germany during World War II, along the western…
Gal class Submarines (1975)
Type 540. In service 1976-2002: Gal, Tanin, Rahav The Israeli Gal class submarines were based on a modified German HDW…
HDMS Rolfe Krake (1863)
Dansk marine – Ironclad (Panserbatteriet) (1864-1907) Rolf Krake was a Danish turret ironclad built in Scotland by Robert Napier in…
U19 class (1912)
Germany: SM U19, 20, 21, 22 (1912) The U19-22 series were the first German U-Boat class fitted with diesel engines…
Kaiserliches Marine – The Real Thing
Germany: Kaiserliches Marine Poster: All ships down to small launches, and projects, battleships, cruisers, destroyers, torpedo boats, gunboats… Continuing on…
Blackwood (Type 14) class Frigate
Royal Navy, Type 14 or Blacwkood-class frigates: 15 ships Service 1955-1988+ RN: Blackwood, Duncan, Dundas, Exmouth, Grafton, Hardy, Keppel, Malcolm,…
Levasseur PL.4 (1927)
Aéronautique Navale: 40 built total Few aircraft manufacturers have been as inextricably linked to the history of carrier-based aviation as…
Illinois class Battleships (1898)
USA (1898): USS Illinois, Alabama, Wisconsin The Illinois class were three pre-dreadnought battleships built in 1896-1901, missing the Spanish-American war,…
Dogali (1885)
Italy (1885) Protected Cruiser Dogali, a very unique protected cruiser: Dogali was a protected cruiser ingle in class, built for…
Naval Encyclopedia
Naval Encyclopedia provides a one-stop place for everything related to naval warfare through ships classes, going back to antiquity to the present day, with particular focus on WW1, WW2 and the cold war, with daily articles and weekly fleets. This is a long endeavour, with future entries in opacity both in the top and side menus. Naval encyclopedia also goes through some civilian aspects (clippers, liners, oil platforms, naval tech in general) and battles/tactics as well.
About Naval Encyclopedia
Naval Encyclopedia is the first online warship museum. She was laid down in St Nazaire Yard back in September 1995, launched in December 1996 and completed in March 1997, with 2000+ passengers daily for now, and counting. Dedicated to the history of all ships of the industrial era and 20th century, so 1820 to 1990, but also earlier times. The main difference for this early period is to study ships types through some famous examples. After her last refit in 2023, the present ship has been repainted anew, modernized and made more appealing, ready for even more extensive service, hopefully staying in the current state for the next five years of service. Further improvements will be made if practicable. Numerous additions over the years also led to a complete machinery overhaul, new steam turbines and propellers.
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