Posted in 1890 fleets Dutch Navy 1890

HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden (1874)

The Netherlands, Coastal Battleship 1871-1897 HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was an iron-hulled ironclad “ramtorenschip”, a turret ram ship built at…

Posted in ww1 Russian Navy

Ekaterina II-class battleships (1886)

Ekaterina II, Chesma, Sinop, Georgiy Pobedonosets 1889/93-1919 The Ekaterina II class were four battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy, built…

Posted in 1870 Spanish Armada

Zaragoza (1867)

Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1868-1896) Zaragoza was a Royal Spanish Navy (Armada Real) wooden-hulled armored frigate ordered in 1860, built at…

Posted in ww1 US Navy ww1 US subs

S class Submarines (1918)

USA (1916-46) S-1 to S-68, oceanic submersibles After the R class of alast month and O class back in November…

Posted in 1890 Danish Navy

HDMS Helgoland (1882)

Coast Defence Ship built 1881-84, decomm. 1906 Development Denmark saw a decline of naval rank after the devastating Battle of…

Posted in Cold war British Ships cold war UK subs

Porpoise class submarines (1957)

United Kingdom (1958) – HMS Porpoise, Rorqual, Narwhal, Grampus, Finwhale, Cachalot, Sealion, Walrus 1957-91. After exploring the A class (Amphion),…

Posted in ww2 French Naval Aviation

Latécoère 298

Aéronautique Navale: 129 built total The best French floatplane ? A Laté 298 dropping its payload during exercises A navy…

Posted in ww2 german DDs ww2 Kriegsmarine

1936 type destroyers

Nazi Germany: Z17-Z22 (1938-1945) The Type 1936 destroyers (Z17 class) were six destroyers of the Kriegsmarine, ordered in 1936, built…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships

Sverdlov class cruisers

Project 68bis, 14 cruisers (1951): Sverdlov, Zhdanov, Admiral Ushakov, Aleksandr Suvorov, Admiral Senyavin, Dmitry Pozharsky, Kronstadt*, Tallinn*, Varyag*, Ordzhonikidze (KRI…

Posted in ww2 US Navy ww2 US subs

Narwhal (V5) class submarines (1928)

USN (1927-30)- USS Narwhal, Nautilus (V-5, 6, later SS-167 and 168) 1930-1945 The Narwhal class was known as V5 class…