Royal Navy, Type 61 or Salisbury-class frigates: 7 ordered, 4 completed, service 1957-1985(2015*): Salisbury, Chichester, Llandaff, Lincoln. The Type 61…

US Navy Escort Destroyers (1942-44): 105 planned, 97 completed (8 cancelled, 46 to Britain) The GMT (also known as the…

Peruvian Navy Ironclad built 1864-66, sunk 1879 Peru Day ! BAP Independencia was a modest broadside ironclad frigate (Spanish “Fregata…

U class, Group II boats, built in wartime, design differences and career. See the article there 3D rendition of the…

Marine Nationale (1887-80), Protected cruiser, 1890-1910 Suchet was a protected cruiser ordered under Admiral Théophile Aube of jeune ecole fame,…

Regia Marina: 4 Built 1931-34: Maestrale, Grecale, Libeccio, Scirocco The Maestrale class followed the Freccia and Folgore as the third…

IJN 1st class Destroyer built 1942-44 IJN Shimakaze (島風, “Island Wind”) was an experimental destroyer intended as the “Type C”…

Kriegsmarine (1936), 24 submarines The Type VIIA as a sort of “pre-serie” for an experimental mid-sized oceanic submersible in the…

French Navy – Contre-Torpilleurs de 2400 tonnes. 6 built 1927-1930, in service until 1942: . The Aigle-class destroyers (“contre-torpilleurs”) were…

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: ASW destroyer (1958-88): JDS Murasame, Yudachi, Harusame The Murasame (there was a class of the same…