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Soviet Missile Corvettes
250 Corvettes: Poti, Nanuchka, Tarantul, Pauk Introduction Corvettes are, yesterday like now, small warships designed for coastal defense or escort…
Skate class SSN (1957)
Nuclear Attack Submarines: USS Skate, Swordfish, Sargo, Seadragon SSN-578, 579, 583, 584. 1957-1995. The first USN SSN class The Skate…
HMAS Melbourne (R21)
RAN Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (R21), ex-HMS Majestic (1942-82) Australia Day ! HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft…
Mirabello class scouts (1915)
Scouts (Cruisers, then destroyers) Carlo Mirabello, Carlo Alberto Racchia, Augusto Riboty 1916-1951 The Mirabello class were a group of three…
HMS Activity (1942)
United Kingdom – Escort Aircraft Carrier HMS Activity is one of the many one-off converted British escort carrier converted from…
Golf class submarines (1957)
Project 629 (NATO “GOLF”) conventional ballistic missile submarines 23 submarines, Projects 629, 629B, 629A, 601, 605, 619, 629R, 6631/031 (1956-1990)…
Belknap class Cruisers (1963)
9 cruisers (1964-1995): Belknap, J. Daniels, Wainwright, Jouett, Horne, Sterett, William Standley, Fox, Biddle (DLG-26 to 34). The Belknap class…
CANT Z.506 Airone (1937)
Standard Observation Seaplane Aviazione Ausiliaria per la Regia Marina 356 built 1937-43 The CANT Z.506 Airone (“Heron”) was a trimotor…
Grayback class submarines (1957)
Conventional Cruise Missile Attack Submarines: USS Grayback, Growler SSG-574, 577. 1958-1964. The first US cruise missile submarines Development In the…
WW1 Russian minesweepers
WW1 Soviet Minesweepers, and Minelayers Russian Navy – 900+ minesweepers 1914-19 Introduction: Soviet Mine warfare WWI About early Russian naval…
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