Posted in ww2 French Navy

L’Adroit class Destroyer (1926)

French Navy – Standard 1500t destroyers, 14 built 1925-1931, in service until 1952: L’Adroit, Basque, Bordelais, Boulonnais, Brestois, Forbin, Frondeur,…

Posted in Coldwar Ships Indian Navy

INS Vikrant (1961)

Indian Aircraft Carrier 1961-1997 The first Indian Aircraft Carrier was the former light fleet carrier HMS Hercules (Majestic class) ordered…

Posted in WW2 UK DDs

G/H class destroyer

Royal Navy (1930-34) G class: Gallant, Garland, Gipsy, Glowworm, Grafton, Grenade, Grenville*, Greyhound, Griffin H class: Hardy, Hasty, Havock, Hereward,…

Posted in 1860 Russian Fleet

Dvienadsat Apostolof Class

120-gun, 1s rate ships of the line: 12 Apostles, Paris, Grand Duke Constantine 1838-1855 The Dvienadsat Apostolov (12 apostles) were…

Posted in ww2 US Navy

Gato Class Submarine

USN Fleet Submarines (1941-43): About 77 subs The Gato class were emergency wartime fleet submarines, built for the USN as…

Posted in cold war French ships CW FR SUB

Agosta class submarine (1977)

Conventional Attack Submarines (S-620 to S-323). Agosta, Bézévier, La Praya, Ouessant. Service: 1978-2009. Next in the cold war French submarine…

Posted in ww1 RNAS

Short 184 (1915)

RNAS/FAA (1915) 936 made. Used until 1933 The Short Admiralty Type 184, (unofficially also Short 225 after the Sunbeam engine…

Posted in ww2 IJN destoyers

Shiratsuyu class Destroyer

IJN “special type” Destroyers built 1931-35: Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Murasame, Yūdachi, Harusame, Samidare, Umikaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Suzukaze. The conditions imposed by…

Posted in ww2 german DDs ww2 Kriegsmarine

Type 24 torpedo boat

Germany (Reichsmarine): 1925-28: Wolf, Iltis, Jaguar, Leopard, Luchs, Tiger The Type 24 torpedo boat (or Raubtier class (‘Carnivorous’) were six…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships soviet submarines

VICTOR III class submarine (1977)

Project 671RTM/RTMK Shchuka (NATO “VICTOR III”) nuclear attack submarines 25 submarines: К-524, К-254, К-502, К-527, К-298, К-358, К-299, К-244, К-247,…