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600/630 Tonnes Type Submersibles (1925-38)
French 2nd class oceanic submersibles (1925-1938) Sirène (4), Ariane (4), Circé (4), Argonaute (5), Diane (9), Orion (2), Minerve (6),…
Askold (1900)
Protected Cruiser Askold (1900) Russian Empire 1899-1922 The five-stack Russo-German cruiser Askold in Kronstadt, 1902 As part of the many…
HMS Unicorn (1941)
Aircraft Carrier Support Ship Royal Navy – 1939-59 Don’t call me an aircraft carrier: HMS Unicorn was an oddity as…
Hawker Sea Hurricane
FAA 1941-44: circa 800 built/converted. The salty variant of the Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane was the second main fighter of…
Bagley class destroyers (1936)
Bagley class Destroyers (1936) Fleet Destroyers (1935-48): USS Bagley, Blue, Helm, Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Henley, Patterson, Jarvis DD-386-93 The Bagley-class…
Gridley class destroyers (1936)
Gridley class destroyers (1937-1947) USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Gridley, Craven, McCall, Maury (DD-380-401) The Gridley-class destroyers were four 1500-ton…
Sampson class destroyers (1916)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Sampson, Rowan, Davis, Allen, Wilkes, Shaw (DD-63-68) The Sampson-class destroyers were commissioned in 1916-1917, as…
Tucker class Destroyers (1915)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Tucker, Conyngam, Porter, Wadsworth, Jacob Jones, Wainwright (DD-57-62) The Tucker class were six #USN fleet…
Type XB U-Boats (1941)
Type XB, the minelayer U-Boats Germany (1939-45): U-116, U-117, U-118, U-119, U-219, U-220, U-233, U-234 The Type X (XB) U-boats…
HDMS Niels Juel (1918)
HDMS Niels Juel (1918) Denmark Coast Defence ship laid down 1914, rebuilt 1918, 1929, 1937, captured 1943 HDMS Niels Juel…