Posted in Industrial Era Battles War of 1898

Battle of Manila May, 1, 1898

Spanish Armada vs US Navy Map of Manila’s battle actions (public domain) Swapping an Empire for Another The origins The…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships

Kresta II class cruisers (1968-76)

Project 1134A (Berkut A) 10 cruisers: Kronstadt, Admiral Isakov, Admiral Nakhimov, Admiral Makarov, Admiral Voroshilov, Admiral Oktyabryskiy, Admiral Isashenko, Admiral…

Posted in ww2 US Navy

Pensacola class heavy Cruisers (1928)

Pensacola class heavy cruisers (1928) USA (1928-30) – USS Pensacola, Salt lake City The top heavy cruisers This summup in…

Posted in Naval History War of 1898

The Spanish-American War of 1898

USN and Armada, context, developments, battles. How the “splendid little war” began As we know, this war began with the…

Posted in Cold War Chinese Ships

Type 7 Anshan class destroyers (1955)

Chinese PLAN (1955) – Anshan, Fu Chun, Chang Chun, Chi Lin The first Chinese Destroyers: The Anshan class was not…

Posted in ww2 Kriegsmarine

Manta

Torpedo semi-submersible rolling Catamaran Germany (1944), Fast Attack Craft, paper project, 1944 A daring concept born from desperation: At the…

Posted in ww1 naval battles

Battle of the Falklands (8 December 1914)

German Navy vs Royal Navy 8 December 1914 British Revenge over Von Spee Just as Newsweek frontpage stated in 1982,…

Posted in ww1 US Navy

American Torpedo Boats (1885-1901)

USA – 35 boats Prologue: Early precursors (1800-1870s) The invention of the “Torpedo” While the torpedo was invented only in…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy

Orion class Battleships (1911)

Orion class Battleships (1911) United Kingdom (1911) Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer. Built in emergency Built in the emergency plan of…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships

Skory class destroyers (1949)

Skory class destroyers (1949) USSR – 70 ships The first postwar soviet destroyers The Skory (or Skoryy, Skoriy) was a…