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Invincible class Aircraft Carrier (1977)

Royal Navy 3 Light Aircraft Carriers built 1973-85: HMS Invincible, Illustrious, Ark Royal R05-07 (decommissioned 2011-2017). The Invincible class was…

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Fubuki class Destroyer

Destroyers built 1926-29. Type I: Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Miyuki, Murakumo, Shinonome, Usugumo, Shirakumo, Isonami, Uranami. Type II: Ayanami, Shikinami, Asagiri,…

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Kuznetsov class aircraft carrier (1985-88)

Project 1143.5 STOBAR Aircraft Carrying Cruiser (Tyazholiy Avianesushchiy Kreyser – TAK): Kreml Class. 1982-90: Admiral Kuznetsov (still active), Riga (Varyag,…

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Koningin Regentes class Coast Defence Ships (1900)

Royal Netherlands Navy 18904-1968: HNLMS Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik The three Koningin Regentes class Coast Defence Ships (pantserschep)…

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Ohio class SSBN

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1976-97), 18 in service, 24 planned (SSBN-726-743). The Ohio-class SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) submarines became…

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Ernest Renan (1906)

France. Armored Cruiser built 1904-1908, service until 1937. Ernest Renan was the penultimate French armored cruiser, launched the same year…

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Boeing F4B (1928)

Boeing F4B (1928) US Navy Fighter (1928-34), 187 built (and 366 P-12) Development For the Navy, the Boeing Type 99…

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Curtatone class Destroyer (1922)

Regia Marina -4 destroyers: Curtatone, Castelfidardo, Catalafimi, Monzanbano. Built 1920-1924, interwar, ww2, cold war (1924-51) The Curtatone-class were four destroyers…

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Vanguard class SSBN (1992)

Nuclear Ballistic Submarines Built 1986-1999 S28 Vanguard, S29 Victorious, S30 Vigilant, S31 Vengeance The Vanguard class were four 2nd generation…

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Glauco class submarine (1935)

Oceanic Submersibles (1933-37): Glauco, Otario The Glauco class were two medium ocanic submarines ordered by the Portuguese government originlly, but…