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The Elbonian Navy (1945)
Supervised by Ivan Nodevējs, head of the Elbonian Post War purchase commission Following what was done by others and notably…
Destructor (1886)
Armada (1884-86): 1 ship, in service until 1907. Destructor was a 1880 Spanish warship designed by Fernando Villaamil as a…
WW2 German Battleships
Nazi Germany (1929-43) – 4 Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck, Tirpitz. Projects of Plan Z. If PLAN Z was completed in…
Short Sunderland (1937)
Short Sunderland (1937) RAF Coastal Command & others: 777 built. As far as naval matters goes, the Short Sunderland, was…
Lima class cruiser (1880)
Peruvian Unprotected Cruiser (1880) Armada do Peru (1880-1937): Lima (Socrates), Callao (Diogenes)* Lima was the lead ship a planned two-ship…
New Fleet ! – The Qatari Emiri Navy
The State of Qatar only had a navy from its independence from the United Kingdom in 1971. In 1992 the…
Arleigh Burke class destroyer (1989)
Guided Missiles Destroyers 74 ships (90 planned) DD 963-DD 997 1988-2030 Flight I, II, IIa, III What else to close…
Alfa class submarine (1969)
Project 705 Lira (NATO “ALFA”) nuclear attack submarines 7 submarines: K-64, K-123, K-316, K-432, K-373, K-493, K-463 The world’s fastest…
Invincible class Aircraft Carrier (1977)
Royal Navy 3 Light Aircraft Carriers built 1973-85: HMS Invincible, Illustrious, Ark Royal R05-07 (decommissioned 2011-2017). The Invincible class was…
Fubuki class Destroyer
Destroyers built 1926-29. Type I: Fubuki, Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, Miyuki, Murakumo, Shinonome, Usugumo, Shirakumo, Isonami, Uranami. Type II: Ayanami, Shikinami, Asagiri,…