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Battle of Hanko (1941)
Introduction: After the Winter war ended, the 1940 treaty of Moskow allocated to USSR surrounding islands, several coastal artillery sites,…
Classic Frigates
Frigates Studied Shtandard HMS Surprise Hermione USS Constitution HMS Trincomanlee La Belle Poule Dom Fernando HNLMS Bonaire Birth of a…
Almirante Latorre class battleships
Almirante Latorre class battleships Almirante Latorre, Almirante Cochrane (1916) The Roots of local naval rivalry Last of the “dreadnought race”:…
Rivadavia class Battleships
Rivadavia class Battleships Rivadavia, Moreno (1915) The “dreadnought race” as a spark – Argentina just ended in 1904 a naval…
Minas Geraes class battleships
Minas Geraes, São Paulo (1911) The first South American dreadnought – The Minas Geraes class caused an immense sensation when…
Königsberg class cruisers (1927)
“K” class light cruisers: Planned 1925, 3 ships Germany (1927), KMS Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln The “K class”, Reichsmarine’s innovative ships:…
Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898)
Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898) Asama, Tokiwa (1898) IJN Asama and Tokiwa (常盤) was the second and last Asama-class armored…
British C class cruisers (1914-1922)
United Kingdom (1914-22) 7 sub-classes, 28 cruisers The veteran light cruisers The ‘C’ class were called artificially that way by…
Battle of Tsingtao (August-Nov. 1914)
Japanese Navy vs German Navy Introduction: The first air-land-sea battle The battle of Tsingtao was one of these twists of…
Petropavlovsk class battleships (1894)
Petropavlovsk class battleships (1894) Russia (1894) Battleships – Petropavlovsk, Poltava, Sevastopol Victims of the Russo-Japanese war: The Petropavlovsk class also…
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