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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,…

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Classic Frigates

Frigates Studied Shtandard HMS Surprise Hermione USS Constitution HMS Trincomanlee La Belle Poule Dom Fernando HNLMS Bonaire Birth of a…

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Almirante Latorre class battleships

Almirante Latorre class battleships Almirante Latorre, Almirante Cochrane (1916) The Roots of local naval rivalry Last of the “dreadnought race”:…

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Rivadavia class Battleships

Rivadavia class Battleships Rivadavia, Moreno (1915) The “dreadnought race” as a spark – Argentina just ended in 1904 a naval…

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Minas Geraes class battleships

Minas Geraes, São Paulo (1911) The first South American dreadnought – The Minas Geraes class caused an immense sensation when…

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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:…

Posted in WW1 Japanese Navy

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…

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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…

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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…

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Petropavlovsk class battleships (1894)

Petropavlovsk class battleships (1894) Russia (1894) Battleships – Petropavlovsk, Poltava, Sevastopol Victims of the Russo-Japanese war: The Petropavlovsk class also…