Author: dreadnaughtz
WW2 German Cruisers
Kriegsmarine Kreuzer 17* cruisers between the Reichsmarine and 1945 Germany Day ! The development of ww2 german cruisers started in…
New Fleet : The modern Chinese PLAN
The modern PLAN: October’s special ! Both at the occasion of the China national day, and due to steaming hot…
Centaur class Aircraft Carriers (1947)
United Kingdom: 4 aircraft carriers: HMS Albion, Centaur, Bulwark, Hermes, 4 more cancelled The first postwar British aircraft carriers First…
Kotlin class destroyers (1958)
Project 56, 56A, 56M (1958-1988) 27 conventional, ASW and missile destroyers The Kotlin (project 56) are the first “true” post-war…
Fairey Albacore
Fleet Air Arm Torpedo Bomber Reconnaissance Carrier-based biplane (1938-1943) RNAS/FAA 1940-49: 800 built. The Fairey Albacore (“Applecore”) is a single-engine…
Galveston (CLG) class Missile Cruisers (1958)
Cleveland class Missile Conversion SBC 140/140A 146/46A US Navy 1958-79: Galveston & Providence subclasses: USS Galveston, Little Rock, Oklahoma City,…
Chilean Navy – Cold War
Chile National Day ! New fleet: The Chilean Navy in the cold war (1947-1990): After the interwar only substantial naval…
IJN Akitsushima
Imperial Japanese Navy, protected cruiser (1890-1923) IJN Akistushima was the first Japanese-built, British-designed cruiser, with elements of USS Baltimore. Her…
30 Knotters
United Kingdom (1895-1921) C class: 40 ships. The lineage of British Destroyers started with the “26-knotters” in 1892 by Yarrow,…
Gleaves class destroyers (1940)
Fleet Destroyers (1939-70s) – 66 destroyers: USS Gleaves, Niblack, Livermore, Eberle, Plunkett, Kearny, Gwin, Meredith, Grayson, Monssen, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison,…
