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Oden class coast defence ships (1897)
Swedish Navy – HSwMS Oden, Thor, Niord 1894-1937 The Oden class was a class of armored ships in the Swedish…
Arado 196 (1937)
German observation Floatplane (1937), 541 produced 1939-44. The Arado 196 in brief The Arado Ar 196 was a German single-engine…
Izumrud class (1903)
Russian Empire, 1902-1914. Protected Cruisers: Izumurud, Zhemchug Izumrud (“Emerald”) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy, Russian built…
Aragon class cruisers (1879)
Armada (1880-1905): Aragón, Navarra, Castilla The Aragon class were three unprotected wooden-built cruisers between 1869 and 1882 for the Spanish…
HMS Swift (1907)
Destroyer built 1903-1907, service until 1918. Sir Jackie Fisher’s Uber Destroyer HMS Swift is very peculiar in the Royal Navy…
Sachsen class (1877)
Central Citadel Ironclads built 1874-83: SMS Sachsen, Bayern, Würtemberg, Baden. Service until 1910-1920 The Sachsen class were called “armored corvettes”,…
USS Argonaut (1927)
Cruiser submarine (1925-1943) The unique V4, SM-1, SS-166 or USS Argonaut was an experimental US Navy cruiser submersible, and world’s…
Bellona class cruisers
United Kingdom (1942-44) HMS Bellona, Black Prince, Royalist, Spartan, Diadem The British AA cruisers, reloaded These ships were derived from…
B class submarines (1904)
Patrol Submersibles 1904-1906, service until 1918. B-1 to B-11, 11 completed total The B class submersibles were the follow-up of…
Delta I class submarines (1970)
Project 667B nuclear missile attack submarines Project 667B Murena: 18 ballistic submarines (Delta I). Project 667B Murena (NATO Delta I)…
