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UB-III class submersibles (1916)
German Empire – 200 submarines, 96 comp. UB-48 to UB-155 The UB-III became the mainstay of the the German submarine…
Benson class destroyers (1939)
Benson class Destroyers (1939-41) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1938-70s) – 30 destroyers: Benson, Mayo, Madison, Lansdale, Hilary P. Jones, Charles…
27-knotters
27-knotters class destroyers United Kingdom (1894-1899) A class Destroyers, 36 built. The lineage of British Destroyers started with the experimental…
Tupolev MR-6 (1932)
Tupolev MR-6 (1932) 1932-36: 150 converted. Inspired by Heinkel models, the all-metal cantilever monoplane twin engine reconnaissance Tupolev R-6 was…
USS Nautilus (1954)
Nuclear Attack Submarine 1952-1980, preserved. The world’s first nuclear submarine The sub’s Propulsion Problem In WW2 submarine propulsion remained what…
CNS O’Higgins (1897)
CNS O’Higgins Armada de Chile – Armoured Cruiser, 1894-1958 CNS O’Higgins, was Chile’s largest cruiser before the cold war. The…
Ministro Zenteno (1896)
CNS Ministro Zenteno Armada de Chile – 1894-96 CNS Ministro Zenteno (1894). Another landmark of the Chile-Argentina naval arms race….
Boston class Missile Cruisers (1955)
Boston class fleet escort (missile conversion) US Navy. USS Boston, Canberra, 1953-78 (CAG-1, 2). The Boston class were the world’s…
UB-II class submersibles (1915)
UB-2 class (1915-18) German Empire – 30 submarines, UB-18 to UB-47 UB-45 underway in 1916 The UB-II class. Second part…
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942)
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942) US Navy Dive Bomber (1943-45), 7,140 built The Curtiss SB2C and its “bad rep” A bit…
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