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South Carolina class battleships (1908)
USA – (1908) USS South Carolina, Michigan The first American dreadnoughts These first American dreadnoughts were considered hybrid ships, of…
Cruiser Pluton/La Tour d’Auvergne (1933)
French Navy – Minelayer cruiser The shortest lived French cruiser The Pluton (formerly La Tour d’Auvergne) was the shortest-lived French…
WW1 German Destroyers
WW1 German Destroyers Germany (1898-1918) German Destroyers of the great war By their denomination alone “Hochseetorpedoboote”, these ships were not…
1st Battle of Heligoland (28 August 1914)
British vs German Navy, 28 August 1914 The first major naval battle of ww1 Heligoland in the North Sea is…
Landing Ship Tank
USA (1942-45) – About 1051 ships Armour Straight to the beaches: LSTs For this first crossover article with our sister…
The Odensholm Action (August 26, 1914)
German Navy 26 August 1914 Mining the Gulf of Finland Odensholm (currently Osmussaar, desolate island of 4.7 kilometers belonging to…
Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia
Kaiserin und Königin Maria Theresia Austria-Hungary (1893) The first Austro-Hungarian Armoured Cruiser The KuK Maria Theresia (abbreviated) was the first…
Austro-Hungarian Submarines
Austria-Hungary (1909-1916) Austro-Hungary has full awareness of its small size compared to its immediate neighbours and long declared enemy, Italy,…
The Antivari Action (August 14 1914)
Austro-Hungarian Navy 14 August 1914 A visual of the area and route taken by the Allied ships. Although this engagement…
Powerful class Armoured Cruisers (1895)
United Kingdom (1895) – HMS Powerful, HMS Terrible The Anglo-Russian naval arms race Before the better known anglo-german naval arms…
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