Posted in 1870 Royal Navy

Defence class Ironclad (1860)

Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads: HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince 1859–1862, service until 1902 HMS Defence and Resistance signed a return…

Posted in ww2 German TBs ww2 Kriegsmarine

Type 23 torpedo boat

Germany (Reichsmarine): 1925-28: Möwe, Falke, Greif, Kondor, Albatros, Seeadler The Type 23 or “Raubvogel” (bird of prey) class were the…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships soviet submarines

VICTOR II class submarine (1972)

Project 671RT Syomga (NATO “VICTOR II”) nuclear attack submarines 7 nuclear attack submarines (SSN): B-387, 371, 467, 488, 495, 513,…

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JMSDF Update !

Japan Day ! Major update on the Japanese Marine Self Defence Force: Japanese Escorts of the Cold War: The Akebono,…

Posted in French 1870 Fleet

Magenta class Broadside Ironclads (1861)

France: Magenta, Solferino 1859-63, Broadside Ironclads (1963-82) Continuing into French 1860s capital ships, after Couronne, the first French all-Iron answer…

Posted in WW1 US Cruisers ww1 US Navy

New Orleans-class cruiser (1896)

USA (1896): Protected Cruiser CL-22 New Orleans, CL-23 Albany 1897-1930 The New Orleans class were two protected cruisers initially built…

Posted in Naval Tech

Offshore Platforms & Forts

♜ Semi-Fixed seabed Infrastructures: Oil platforms/rigs, Naval Forts, and associated. 1,337 operational onshore oil rigs, 240 offshore rigs, Maunsell Forts,…

Posted in ww2 IT subs ww2 Italian Navy

Calvi class submarine (1935)

Oceanic Submersibles: Pietro Calvi, Giuseppe Finzi, Enrico Tazzoli (1936-43) The Calvi class were essentially a modern reboot of the 1920s…

Posted in Cold war British Ships CW UK frigates

Rapid (Type 15) class Frigates (1951)

Royal Navy – 23 ships converted, service 1951-1977 HMS Rapid, Relentless, Rocket, Roebuck, Troubridge, Grenville, Ulster, Ulysses, Undaunted, Undine, Urania,…

Posted in ww2 italian naval aviation WW2 Naval Aviation

CANT 25

37 built 1927-35 The CANT 25 was a single-engine biplane seaplane developed by the aeronautical division of the Italian company…