Posted in 1860 fleets austrian navy

Radetzky class Frigates (1854)

Austrian Navy 1854-88: SMS Radetzky, Adria, Donau Design In 1852, the Austro-Hungarian Navy’s high command proposed the construction of a…

Posted in Cold war Australian Navy

HMAS Sydney (1948)

HMAS Sydney (1948) RAN Light Fleet Aircraft Carrier (1948-76) Australia Day ! HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P214/L134) was the former HMS Terrible…

Posted in ww2 Kriegsmarine

WW2 German Torpedo Boats

Kriegsmarine Torpedoboote Germany (1924-45) – 36 (90 planned)+ 49 TB Ausland (TA), total 84 Why German Torpedo Boats in WW2…

Posted in ww2 French Navy

Requin class submarines (1924)

French Marine Nationale – Oceanic Types 1923-1947: Caïman, Dauphin, Espadon, Marsouin, Morse, Narval, Phoque, Requin, Souffleur The Requin (“shark”) class…

Posted in ww1 Russian Navy

Retvizan (1900)

Battleship Retvizan (1900) Russian Empire 1898-1905 Japanese Empire IJN Hizen 1908-1923 Retvizan was a Russian pre-dreadnought battleship built for the…

Posted in cold war us navy

Forrest Sherman class destroyers (1955)

Forrest Sherman class destroyers (1955) 18 destroyers 1953-1959 Forrest Sherman, John Paul Jones, Barry, Decatur, Davis, Jonas Ingram, Manley, Du…

Posted in ww2 US DDs ww2 US Navy

Farragut class destroyers (1934)

Farragut class Destroyers (1934) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1933-47): USS Farragut, Dewey, Hull, MacDonough, Worden, Dale, Monaghan, Aylwin Starting anew:…

Posted in ww1 US Navy

Bainbridge class destroyers (1900)

USA – (1898-1902): 12 destroyers: USS Bainbridge, Barry, Chauncey, Dale, Decatur, Hopkins, Hull, Lawrence, Macdonough, Paul Jones, Perry, Preble, Stewart…

Posted in Luftwaffe WW2 Naval Aviation

Messerschmitt Me 109T (1941)

The one and only German carrier-borne naval fighter Luftwaffe for the Kriegsmarine – Naval Fighter, 17 built (1941-42) The Messerschmitt…

Posted in WW2 Japanese Navy

Sendai class Cruisers (1923)

Sendai class Cruisers (1923) Imperial Japanese Navy, 1923-44. IJN Sendai, Jintsū, Naka (+Kako, Ayase, Minase, Otonase, unnamed- cancelled) The “four…