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WW2 French Submarines
France (1923-1940), about 80 subs Post WW1 policy cleanup After the great war, the move started in 1912 towards a…
Riga class Frigates (1952)
Project 50 Gornostay Storozhevoi Korabl 68 ASW frigates (1949-55) In four years, the Nikolayev, Komsomol and Kaliningrad shipyards delivered 68…
Type 051 Luda class Destroyers (1970)
Chinese PLAN (1969) 17 ships: Guangzhou, Xi’an, Changsha, Yinchuan, Nanning, Nanjing, Jinan, Xining, Nanchang, Chongqing, Zunyi, Guilin. Type 051DT: Kaifeng,…
Fuji class battleships (1896)
The Fuji class pre-dreadnoughts Japan (1896): Fuji, Kashima The first modern Japanese battleships The Fuji class pre-dreadnought battleships, 富士型戦艦 Fuji-gata…
Amiraglio Di St Bon class Battleships (1897)
Amiraglio Di St Bon class Battleships (1897) Italy – Regia Marina Adm. Di St Bon, Emanuele Filiberto Battleships on a…
SMS Blücher (1908)
Germany (1908) Armored Cruiser The first German Battlecruiser ? According to Conway’s all the world fighting ships 1906-1921 and many…
Forward class scout cruisers (1904)
United Kingdom (1904) Classes Adventure, Forward, Pathfinder & Sentinel, 8 ships Genesis of British scout cruisers Scout cruisers were the…
Tashkent class destroyers (1937)
Tashkent class destroyers Soviet Navy – The “Blue Beauty” of the black sea. Probably the most famous Soviet Destroyer at…
USS Newark (1890)
USA (1890) Protected Cruiser. The last of mixed cruisers: The USS Newark was a mixed cruiser (steam and sail), and…
Operations in the Adriatic
On August 6, 1914, an agreement was formalized between the Royal Navy and the French Navy concerning the command of…
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