Posted in Royal Norwegian Navy

Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship (1897)

Coast Defence Ships (panserskipet) – Norwegian Navy 1896-1948 HNoMS Tordenskjold, Harald Haarfagre The Norwegian Capital Ships of two wars Brassey’s…

Posted in ww2 Royal Navy

Colossus class light fleet Aircraft Carriers (1944)

First of the ambitious 1942 light Fleet Carrier United Kingdom – 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (1944) Colossus, Glory, Ocean,…

Posted in cold war us navy

USS Enterprise (1960)

USS Enterprise (1960) Nuclear-powered Fleet Aircraft carrier The Nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (1960), probably the most famous ship of…

Posted in ww2 French Naval Aviation

Gourdou-Leseurre GL-800 series

Gourdou-Leseurre GL-800 HY series (1926-1938) Aéronautique Navale. L2, L3, GL-810, 811, 812, 813, 830, 831, 832 HY (108 built) The…

Posted in Chinese warships

Fu Po class transport sloops (1870)

Fu Po class cruisers (1870) Imperial Ming Navy – Transport Gunboats Fu Po was the lead ship of six armed…

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HSwMS Clas Fleming (1912)

HSwMS Clas Fleming (1912) Swedish Navy – Minelayer cruiser 1911-1960 Commissioned in 1914, Clas Fleming was among the first Swedish…

Posted in ww2-yugoslav-navy

Dubrovnik (1931)

Destroyer Dubrovnik (1931) Royal Yugoslav Navy 1932-1945 (Also Premuda, TA 32) Dubrovnik was a British-built flotilla leader and one of…

Posted in WW1 French Navy

French Battleship Suffren (1899)

French Navy Pre-Dreadnought Battleship (1899-1916) Design of the class The Suffren was the last “classic” French pre-dreadnought. The next Republique…

Posted in WW2 Japanese Navy

Oyodo (1943)

Ōyodo (1943) – The last IJN cruiser IJN Heavy Cruiser 1942-45: Oyodo, Niyodo (cancelled), 11 more. The last IJN cruiser…

Posted in ww2 US Navy

Iowa class Battleships (1942)

Iowa class battleships (1942) Battleships (1942-44): USS Iowa (BB-61), New Jersey (BB-62), Missouri (BB 63), Wisconsin (BB 64), Illinois (BB…