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Askold (1900)
Protected Cruiser Askold (1900) Russian Empire 1899-1922 The five-stack Russo-German cruiser Askold in Kronstadt, 1902 As part of the many…
HMS Unicorn (1941)
Aircraft Carrier Support Ship Royal Navy – 1939-59 Don’t call me an aircraft carrier: HMS Unicorn was an oddity as…
Hawker Sea Hurricane
FAA 1941-44: circa 800 built/converted. The salty variant of the Hurricane The Hawker Hurricane was the second main fighter of…
Bagley class destroyers (1936)
Bagley class Destroyers (1936) Fleet Destroyers (1935-48): USS Bagley, Blue, Helm, Mugford, Ralph Talbot, Henley, Patterson, Jarvis DD-386-93 The Bagley-class…
Gridley class destroyers (1936)
Gridley class destroyers (1937-1947) USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Gridley, Craven, McCall, Maury (DD-380-401) The Gridley-class destroyers were four 1500-ton…
Sampson class destroyers (1916)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Sampson, Rowan, Davis, Allen, Wilkes, Shaw (DD-63-68) The Sampson-class destroyers were commissioned in 1916-1917, as…
Tucker class Destroyers (1915)
USN Fleet Destroyers (1912-1935): USS Tucker, Conyngam, Porter, Wadsworth, Jacob Jones, Wainwright (DD-57-62) The Tucker class were six #USN fleet…
Type XB U-Boats (1941)
Type XB, the minelayer U-Boats Germany (1939-45): U-116, U-117, U-118, U-119, U-219, U-220, U-233, U-234 The Type X (XB) U-boats…
HDMS Niels Juel (1918)
HDMS Niels Juel (1918) Denmark Coast Defence ship laid down 1914, rebuilt 1918, 1929, 1937, captured 1943 HDMS Niels Juel…
Varyag (1899)
Protected Cruiser Varyag (1899) Russian Empire 1898-1925 The ship with six lives* The Russian cruiser Varyag was a ship that…
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