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IJN Kaiyō (1943)
Escort Aircraft Carrier (Launched 1939 as Argentina maru, converted 1943) IJN Kaiyō (海鷹, or Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier…
Daphné class submarines (1959)
Conventional Attack Submarines (S641-651). Service 1964-1996: Daphné, Diane, Doris, Eurydice, Flore, Galatée, Minerve, Junon, Vénus, Psyché, Sirène +15 exported. We…

1936A type destroyers
Nazi Germany: 1936A and 1936A mob: Z23-Z39 (Built 1938-1943) The Type 1936A destroyers (Z23 class) were probably the best known…
CANT 18
CANT 18 (1926) 29 built 1927-28 Development In 1926, SISA asked the Cosulich group to build an acrobatic seaplane for…
HDMS Peder Skram (1864)
Søværnet: Armoured Frigate (1859-1885) HDMS Peder Skram was originally laid down as a wooden steam frigate for the Royal Danish…
O’Higgins class cruisers (1951)
Armada de Chile – ACS O’Higgins, Capitan Prat 1951-1983/91 The O’Higgins class cruisers were the former USS Brookyn (lead class…

Admiralty type (Scott class) flotilla leaders (1917)
UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Scott, Bruce, Douglas, Campbell, MackKay, Malcolm, Montrose, Stuart (Built 1916-1920). Second part on…

Thornycroft Type (Shakespeare class) Destroyer Leaders (1917)
UK Royal Navy (1916-1945) 1916 program: HMS Shakespeare, Spenser, Wallace, Keppel, Rooke, Saunders*, Stragge* (Built 1916-1920). The Shakespeare or “Thornycroft…

Reina Regentes class cruisers (1887)
Spanish Protected cruisers (1886-1895): Reina Regentes, Alfonso XIII, Lepanto 1891-1900 The Reina Regentes class cruisers were designed as an improvement…

Sevastopol class ironclads (1864)
Imperial Russian Navy – Broadside Ironclad built 1860-65, in service until 1886. The Russian ironclad Sevastopol was ordered as a…