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Sella class Destroyer
Regia Marina -4 destroyers: Francesco Crispi, Quintino Sella, Bettino Ricasoli, Giovanni Nicotera. Built 1923-1927, interwar, ww2, 2 lost, 2 sold…
Tambor class Submarine
US Navy Submersibles, USS Tambor, Tautog, Thresher, Triton, Trout, Tuna. Sub-class Gar, Grampus, Grayback, Grayling, Grenadier, Gudgeon SS-198-211 (1939-48) The…
Tobruk class Destroyer
RAN Destroyers: DD37-38 HMAS Tobruk, Anzac (1946-53) Australia Day ! We continue a new chapter here, the Australian Cold war…
WW2 German Minesweepers
Nazi Germany (1914-45) – 679 M-Boote*, 6 classes. Introduction: The “M-Flotte” of Minensucher (minesweepers) and minelayers (most having this dual…
Akatsuki class Destroyer
IJN “special type” Destroyers built 1930-33. Type III: Akatsuki, Hibiki, Ikazuchi, Inazuma The Akatsuki-class destroyers (Akatsukigata kuchikukan) were four destroyers…
Hawkins class cruisers (1920)
British Royal Navy (1920): Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Raleigh, Cavendish/Vindictive Named the “Elisabethan Corsairs” due to their names, the Hawkins-class cruisers…
Friedrichshafen FF.33
Marine-Fliegerabteilung: 470 manufactured 1916-1918. In service until 1929 The Friedrichshafen FF.33 family was the backbone of German naval aviation during…
E/F class Destroyer
Royal Navy (1930-34) E class: Echo, Eclipse, Electra, Encounter, Escapade, Escort, Esk, Express E Flotilla Leader: HMS Exmouth F class:…
Couronne (1861)
France 1859-1908, Broadside Ironclad The French ironclad Couronne (“Crown”) was the first iron-hulled ironclad warship built for the then French…
Iroquois class helicopter destroyer (1970)
Royal Canadian Navy – DDH-280-83 HMCS Iroquois, Huron, Athabaskan, Algonquin. The “Tribals” were a class of Canadian helicopter destroyers, radically…
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