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Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: July 9, 2023
Posted in Argentine Navy

ARA Independencia (1958)

Argentinian Aircraft Carrier, ex-HMS Warrior (1958-1971) Argentina Day ! For this national independence day, let’s see the fleet’s flagship for…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: July 6, 2023
Posted in Argentine Navy

ARA Buenos Aires (1895)

ARA Buenos Aires, Protected Cruiser (1895) Argentina (1893-1935) Next step in the Chile-Argentina naval arms race for the latter, a…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: July 4, 2023
Posted in cold war us navy

Nimitz Class Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1972)

Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers (1974) USS Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Stennis, Harry…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: July 3, 2023
Posted in Cold War Dutch Navy

De Zeven Provinciën class Cruisers (1944)

The Netherlands – 1939-2020 HNLMS De Ruyter, De Zeven Provinciën The world’s last gun cruisers. Started before the war in…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: July 1, 2023
Posted in Cold War RCAN

HMCS Bonaventure (1957)

Canada. Ex-Powerful 1943-1971 Special Canada Day ! The story of HMCS Bonaventure (“bonnie”), the only and only Canadian Navy Aircraft…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: June 30, 2023
Posted in Chilean Navy

Blanco Encalada (1892)

Blanco Encalada Protected Cruiser (1892) Chile (1892-1938) Concluding this month with the Chile-Argentina naval arms race’s Chilean answer: Blanco Encalada….

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: June 28, 2023
Posted in ww2 French Navy

Redoutable class submersibles (1928)

France (1928-45), Oceanic Submersibles, 31 completed. France’s largest submarine class The “Redoutable class” -official name was 1500 tonnes- was initiated…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: June 26, 2023
Posted in Argentine Navy

ARA Nueve de Julio (1892)

ARA 9 de Julio Protected Cruiser (1892) Argentina (1891-1938) Still going on the Chile-Argentina naval arms race of the 1890s,…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: June 24, 2023
Posted in WW2 Soviet Naval Aviation

Beriev MBR-2 (1935)

Beriev MBR-2 (1931-45) Multirole Flying Boat used 1932-55: 1,365 built. The Main soviet WW2 seaplane The MBR-2 (Medium Reconnaissance Seaplane,…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: June 22, 2023
Posted in ww1 german navy

UB-1 class submersibles (1914)

UB-1 class (1914-18) German Empire – 20 submarines, UB-1 to UB-17, Austro U-10 to U-17, SM UB-3 to UB-14 The…