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Hawkins class cruisers (1920)
British Royal Navy (1920): Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Raleigh, Cavendish/Vindictive Named the “Elisabethan Corsairs” due to their names, the Hawkins-class cruisers…
Friedrichshafen FF.33
Marine-Fliegerabteilung: 470 manufactured 1916-1918. In service until 1929 The Friedrichshafen FF.33 family was the backbone of German naval aviation during…
E/F class Destroyer
Royal Navy (1930-34) E class: Echo, Eclipse, Electra, Encounter, Escapade, Escort, Esk, Express E Flotilla Leader: HMS Exmouth F class:…
Couronne (1861)
France 1859-1908, Broadside Ironclad The French ironclad Couronne (“Crown”) was the first iron-hulled ironclad warship built for the then French…
New Page: Saudi Arabia Navy
The Royal Saudi Navy (formally known as the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, or RSNF) is the naval branch of the…
Iroquois class helicopter destroyer (1970)
Royal Canadian Navy – DDH-280-83 HMCS Iroquois, Huron, Athabaskan, Algonquin. The “Tribals” were a class of Canadian helicopter destroyers, radically…
Pietro Micca (1935)
Oceanic Submersible (1936-43) In the wake of the Ettore Fieramosca (1928), and attempt of submarine cruiser, Pietro Micca was the…
Columbia class cruiser (1892)
USA (1890-94): Protected Cruiser C-12 Columbia, C-13 Minneapolis 1894-1921 The Columbia-class were two protected cruisers started in 1890 and 1891…
Victor I class submarine (1965)
Project 671 Yorsh (NATO “VICTOR I”) nuclear attack submarines 15 submarines: K-38, 69, 147, 53, 306, 323, 370, 438, 367,…
Amazonas class Destroyer (1943)
Marinha do Brasil: 6 Destroyers built 1940-51, service until 1974 In short, the Acre class were the first modern destroyers…
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