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Finnish Navy (Merivoimat): 3 submarines (1931-1950); Vetehinen, Vehiisi, Iku-Turso. The three Vetehinen class were the first Finnish submarines, ordered from…

Prussian/German Navy – Ironclads Grosser Kurfürst, Preussen, Friedrich der Grosse 1869-1877 The Preussen class were three ironclad turret ships initiated…

German Empire – 113 submersible planned, 25 comp.* UC-90 to UC-114 Type UC III minelaying submarines were designred and built…

French Navy – Contre-Torpilleurs de 2500 tonnes. 6 built 1930-1934, in service until 1942: Le Fantasque, L’Audacieux, Le Malin, Le…

United Kingdom: 1871-1904 Ironclad Ram For the first post of this new year were open the ball with the oddballs…

I wish you the best possible 2025 ! Despite what’s happening around the world, i wish you the best, in…

Supervised by Ivan Nodevējs, head of the Elbonian Post War purchase commission Following what was done by others and notably…

Armada (1884-86): 1 ship, in service until 1907. Destructor was a 1880 Spanish warship designed by Fernando Villaamil as a…

Nazi Germany (1929-43) – 4 Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck, Tirpitz. Projects of Plan Z. If PLAN Z was completed in…

Short Sunderland (1937) RAF Coastal Command & others: 777 built. As far as naval matters goes, the Short Sunderland, was…