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Tobruk class Destroyer
RAN Destroyers: DD37-38 HMAS Tobruk, Anzac (1946-53) Australia Day ! We continue a new chapter here, the Australian Cold war…
WW2 German Minesweepers
Nazi Germany (1914-45) – 679 M-Boote*, 6 classes. Introduction: The “M-Flotte” of Minensucher (minesweepers) and minelayers (most having this dual…
Akatsuki class Destroyer
IJN “special type” Destroyers built 1930-33. Type III: Akatsuki, Hibiki, Ikazuchi, Inazuma The Akatsuki-class destroyers (Akatsukigata kuchikukan) were four destroyers…
New fleet ! FRY Navy and Serbia-Montenegrin riverine/naval Forces
The Montenegrin Navy and Serbian riverine flotilla were the result of the Yugoslavian breakup in the wake of the fall…
Hawkins class cruisers (1920)
British Royal Navy (1920): Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Raleigh, Cavendish/Vindictive Named the “Elisabethan Corsairs” due to their names, the Hawkins-class cruisers…
Friedrichshafen FF.33
Marine-Fliegerabteilung: 470 manufactured 1916-1918. In service until 1929 The Friedrichshafen FF.33 family was the backbone of German naval aviation during…
E/F class Destroyer
Royal Navy (1930-34) E class: Echo, Eclipse, Electra, Encounter, Escapade, Escort, Esk, Express E Flotilla Leader: HMS Exmouth F class:…
Couronne (1861)
France 1859-1908, Broadside Ironclad The French ironclad Couronne (“Crown”) was the first iron-hulled ironclad warship built for the then French…
New Page: Saudi Arabia Navy
The Royal Saudi Navy (formally known as the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, or RSNF) is the naval branch of the…
Iroquois class helicopter destroyer (1970)
Royal Canadian Navy – DDH-280-83 HMCS Iroquois, Huron, Athabaskan, Algonquin. The “Tribals” were a class of Canadian helicopter destroyers, radically…
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