Posted in Cold war British Ships

Majestic class aircraft carriers

United Kingdom: 5 light fleet aircraft carriers: HMS Majestic, Terrible, Powerful, Magnificient, Hercules, Powerful, 1 more cancelled (1944-1999) The majestic…

Posted in ww1 Italian Navy

Alessandro Poerio class scouts (1914)

Scouts (Cruisers, then destroyers) Alessandro Poerio, Cesare Rossarol, Gugliemo Pepe 1915-1937 Huesca and Teruel (1937-1957) The Alessandro Poerio class were…

Posted in 1870 Fleets

IJN Ryūjō (1869)

Japanese Ironclad 1869-1908. The first large sea-going Japanese Ironclad A controversial origin Ryūjō (龍驤, Prancing Dragon), was a British-built ironclad…

Posted in ww1 naval aviation

Fairey Campania (1917)

RNAS/FAA 1917-19: 62 built all types combined. The Fairey Campania: Tailored for a first carrier The Fairey Campania was a…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy

HMS Campania (1915)

Royal Navy Former 1892 Cunard RMS Campania. Converted Aircraft/Seaplane Carrier 1914-1918. HMS Campania was the former Cunard transatlantic, blue ribbon…

Posted in ocean-liners

Campania class (1892)

Cunard Line (1891-1914): RMS Campania, Lucania R.M.S Lucania and Campania were British ocean liners of the Cunard Line built by…

Posted in ww1 german navy

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…

Posted in ww2 US DDs ww2 US Navy

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…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww1 warships

27-knotters

27-knotters class destroyers United Kingdom (1894-1899) A class Destroyers, 36 built. The lineage of British Destroyers started with the experimental…

Posted in WW2 Soviet Naval Aviation

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…