Richelieu (1876)
France. Central Battery Ironclad Built 1869-76, service until 1900 The French ironclad Richelieu was a wooden-hulled central battery ironclad started…
HNLMS Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden (1866)
Dutch Netherlands Navy. Ironclad turret ram ship (1867-1899). Another early turret design also built in Britain for another naval power…
Tennessee class cruiser (1904)
USA – USS Tennessee, Washington, North Carolina, Montana (renamed Memphis, Seattle, Charlotte, Missoula) ACR-10-13. The Tennessee-class were four armored cruisers…
Update: USS New York 1891
The first USN Armoured Cruiser: The USS New York, later Saratoga, is certainly not as well-known as the aircraft carrier…
Caspar U1 (1922)
Submarine-carried Seaplane (1922), 4 made. The Caspar U.1 (in some publications Caspar-Heinkel U.1) was a 1922 German patrol seaplane tailored…
Hval class Torpedo Boat (1896)
Sjøforsvaret, Torpedo Boats (1896-1900): HNoMS Hval, Delfin, Hai, Trods, Storm, Brand, Laks, Sild, Sael, Skrei 1896-1901 This class of ten…
Liuzzi class submarine (1939)
Oceanic Submersibles: 1939-40: Console Generale Liuzzi, Alpino Bagnolini, Reginaldo Giuliani, Capitano Tarantini. The Liuzzi class were four submersibles all built…
Bellerophon class battleships
Royal Navy (1907) – Bellerophon, Superb, Temeraire By December 1906, after the famous battleship was launched, 1st lord of the…
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…
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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