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Polikarpov I-16 in Naval Use
1936-45: 778 in service. The Polikarpov I-16 was a revolutionary Soviet fighter aircraft introduced in the early 1930s. Designed by…
Update USS Saint Louis
The St. Louis-class cruisers were a bit of exceptions in the USN cruiser lineage. They began as a replacement for…
Schwarzenberg (1853)
Austrian Navy Sail & Steam Frigate 1854-1890 SMS Schwarzenberg was an Austrian Navy Frigate built in Venice in 1851-54 and…
Mendez Nunez (1869)
Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1877-1987) Méndez Núñez was a Spanish Navy wooden-hulled armored corvette, converted from the 38-gun screw frigate Resolución….
Courbet class Dreadnought Battleships (1911)
France (1911) – Courbet, Paris, France, Jean Bart (ex-Ocean) France’s first dreadnoughts The Four Courbet class were the first French…
Danmark (1864)
Søværnet: Armoured Frigate (1862-1907) The HDMS Danmark was yet another example of the warships purchased by the Confederacy in France…
US Coast Guard
USA (1790-45) -1st Part Introduction The Coast Guard is now a widely accepted concept in most navies, when it exists,…
Amiral Cecille (1888)
Marine Nationale (1888), Protected cruiser, 1889-1919 Amiral Cécille was the third protected cruiser built in France, with a blend of…
U13 class (1911)
Germany: SM U13, U14, U15 (1909-1912), U16 (1911). Class U17: U17, U18 (1912) The U 13 class (U 13, 14,…
Whitby class Frigate (1953)
Royal Navy, Type 12 or Whitby-class frigates: 10 ships converted, service 1951-1992: Torquay, Whitby, Scarborough, Tenby, Eastbourne, Blackpool. Talwar, Trishul…
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