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Audace class destroyers (1971)

Built 1968-71, in service until 2006: Audace, Ardito DD 551-550 The Audace-class destroyers were two guided missile destroyers built for…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww1 UK DD

Acheron class destroyers (1911)

UK Royal Navy (1909-1922) 1909 program, I-class 1913: Builder class: HMS Acheron, Archer, Ariel, Attack, Badger, Beaver * Admiralty I…

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Belgrano class cruisers (1951)

Argentinian light cruisers: ARA 9 de Julio ex-Boise, ARA Belgrano ex-17 de Octubre, ex-USS Phoenix 1951-1982. Belgrano before 1982, photo…

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R class Submarines (1918)

USA (1916-46) R-1 to R-27, Coastal defence submersibles After the O class we saw last November 2023, here is one…

Posted in Greek-Navy

Nauarchos Miaoulis (1889)

Unprotected Cruiser Build 1885-1892, service 1879-1931 The Nauarchos (or Navarchos) Miaoulis was an unprotected Greek masted cruiser ordered in France…

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Bremen class Frigates

Bundesmarine, Type 122. Built 1979-90, in service until 2020. F207-214 Bremen, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Emden, Köln, Karlsruhe, Augsburg, Lübeck The eight…

Posted in ww2 RN cruisers ww2 Royal Navy

Tiger class cruisers (1945)

United Kingdom (1945) – HMS Blake, Tiger, Lion 1959-78. The Tiger class were three and last light conventional cruisers built…

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Arethuse class submarines (1956)

Conventional Attack Submarines (S635, 636, 639, 640). Service 1957-1987: Aréthuse, Argonaute, Amazone, Ariane We continue our dive in cold war…

Posted in ww2 IT subs ww2 Italian Navy

Balilla class submarines (1927)

Oceanic Submersibles: Balilla, D. Millelire, A. Sciesa, E. Toti (1926-29) Laid down in 1925 and completed in 1928 (Sciesa 1929),…

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Chyetverikov MDR-6

1937-43: 44 built. The Chyetverikov MDR-6 was a 1930s Soviet Union reconnaissance flying-boat aircraft, and the only successful aircraft designed…