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Regina Elena class battleships (1904)
Regina Elena class battleships (1904) Italy – Regia Marina – Regina Elena, Roma, Vittorio Emmanuele, Napoli The world’s fastest battleships…
Type 03 class submarines (1956)
Type 03, the Chinese “Whiskey” Chinese PLAN (1956-63) – 21(+5) boats The famous NATO codename was given to the most…
Tegetthoff class battleships (1911)
Tegetthoff class battleships (1911) Tegetthoff, Viribus Unitis, Prinz Eugen, Szent Istvan (1911) First Dreadnoughts and last Austro-Hungarian battleships: SMS Tegetthoff…
WW1 Russian Destroyers
Imperial Russia (1895-1921) – About 150 ships Overview of Russian light ships development As in many other navies, Russia started…
España class Battleships (1912)
Spanish Armada Between the great war and civil war After the crushing defeats of 1898 in the hands of the…
HMS Ark Royal (1914)
United Kingdom (1914) – Seaplane Carrier History’s first purpose-built seaplane carrier HMS Ark Royal is a famous name, as it…
Montgomery class cruisers (1891)
USA (1891) Protected cruisers: Montgomery, Detroit, Marblehead. The Montgomery class were ordered in 1888 and commissioned in 1893-94. Of questionable…
Battle of Imbros (20 January 1918)
Turkish Ottoman Navy vs Royal Navy The end of the Ottoman fleet Before the Autro-Hungarian Navy was condemned to inaction…
WW1 German Commerce Raiders
WW1 German Commerce Raiders Germany, 15 ships (1914-18) The surface raiders: The German Imperial Navy actions during WW1 were four-fold:…
Protected Cruiser Unebi (1886)
Protected Cruiser Unebi (1886) Nihhon Kaigun – Imperial Japanese Navy Unebi, the mystery cruiser: In 1883, Japan was still reeling…
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