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Town class cruisers
Town class cruisers (WWI) United Kingdom (1917) Sub-classes Bristol, Weymouth, Chatham, Birmingham, Birkenhead: 21 protected cruisers The battle-hardened WW1 Town…
WW1 Russian Submarines
WW1 Russian Submarines About 8 classes, approx. 60 boats 1903-1916 A long gestation, started in 1853: The story of submarines…
Charles Martel class Battleships (1891)
France (1891-95) Brennus, Charles Martel, Jauréguiberry, Carnot, Masséna, Bouvet “A navy of prototypes” Prior to 1890, France, still Britain’s main…
Type 065 Chengdu class frigates
Chinese PLAN (1955) – Chengdu, Guiyang, Gulin, Kunming The Green Tea “Riga” The 1956′ Chengdu class can be summup as…
Otranto Strait Battle (May, 15, 1917)
Forcing the Barrage The famous Barrage of Otranto (Authors’ map) The strait of Otranto, between Corfu and Brindisi, which is…
Omaha class cruisers (1920)
Omaha class cruisers (1920) USA (1920-24) USS Omaha, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Detroit, Richmond, Concord, Trenton, Marblehead, Memphis The new kids…
Kaiser Franz Joseph I class protected cruisers (1889)
Kaiser Franz Joseph I class protected cruisers (1889) Kaiser Franz Joseph I, Kaiserin Elisabeth (1889) SMS Kaiserin Elisabeth sea trials…
Napoléon (1850)
Napoléon, 1st steamship of the line (1848-1873) Marine Francaise 1850-60 (Crimean War) The Napoleon was a ship of the line…
Protected Cruiser Piemonte (1888)
Italy (1886-1920) A quite powerful Italian protected cruiser Piemonte was designed at the request of the Italian government, which wanted…
Tenryū class cruisers (1918)
Japan, 1918. Tenryu, Tatsuta First light cruisers of the IJN: The 天龍型軽巡洋艦 Tenryū-gata keijun’yōkan or Tenryū class has been the…
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