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HMS Polyphemus
United Kingdom: Experimental torpedo ram (1881-1903) The Victorian Freak Among the “oddballs” of the Royal Navy, HMS Polyphemus is many’s…
U9 class (1910)
Germany: SM U9, U10, U11, U12 (1910-1911) The U9 was the first in a series of four submersibles built at…
Pennsylvania class cruisers rewrite
The first 1900 Armoured cruisers serie: The Spanish-American War showed the numerical inferiority of the US Navy and triggered a…
Tillman’s Battleships (1917)
USA – paper projects Among the most outlandish project seriously prepared by the Bureau of Construction and Repair (C&R) of…
New Navy: Tunisia
The Tunisian Navy today was established in 1959, as the “Marine nationale tunisienne” initially with French assistance, advisory personnel and…
Tenacious (Type 16) class Frigate
Royal Navy – 10 ships converted, service 1951-1967 HMS Orwell, Paladin, Petard, Teazer, Tenacious, Termagant, Terpsichore, Tumult, Tuscan, Tyrian The…
Type-XVII U-Boat
Germany (1944), Coastal Subs, 16 planned, 7 completed The Type-XVII U-Boat was the only attempt of the Kriegsmarine to run…
Turbine class destroyer
Regia Marina: 8 Built 1925-1928, all lost in action before Sept. 1944: Aquilone, Borea, Espero, Euro, Nembo, Ostro, Turbine, Zeffiro…
S class submersibles (group III) 1939-43 Programmes
Light Submersibles 1932-1945: S-class Group III: 50 +11 cancelled, War Emergency Programmes 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, built 1940-1945 The…
Harukaze class destroyer (1955)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: ASW destroyer (1956-85): JDS Harukaze, JDS Yukikaze The first Japanese-built destroyers of the MSDF, laid down…
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