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Conventional Attack Submarines (S-620 to S-323). Agosta, Bézévier, La Praya, Ouessant. Service: 1978-2009. Next in the cold war French submarine…

RNAS/FAA (1915) 936 made. Used until 1933 The Short Admiralty Type 184, (unofficially also Short 225 after the Sunbeam engine…

IJN “special type” Destroyers built 1931-35: Shiratsuyu, Shigure, Murasame, Yūdachi, Harusame, Samidare, Umikaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Suzukaze. The conditions imposed by…

Germany (Reichsmarine): 1925-28: Wolf, Iltis, Jaguar, Leopard, Luchs, Tiger The Type 24 torpedo boat (or Raubtier class (‘Carnivorous’) were six…

Project 671RTM/RTMK Shchuka (NATO “VICTOR III”) nuclear attack submarines 25 submarines: К-524, К-254, К-502, К-527, К-298, К-358, К-299, К-244, К-247,…

Prussian Navy – Ironclad 1869-1921 SMS König Wilhelm or “King William” was an armored frigate ordered by the Prussian Navy and…

USA (1900-1905) Service until 1930: Protected Cruisers: USS Denver, Des Moines, Chattanooga, Galveston, Tacoma, Cleveland C-14-19/PG 28-33/CL-16-21. A bit forgotten…

Minelaying Submersibles: Foca, Atropo, Zoea (1936-47) The Foca class were three minelaying submarines (sommergibili posamine) of the Regia Marina, sister…

Marine Nationale Protected cruiser, 1887-1906 Sfax was the first Protected Cruiser of the French Marine Nationale, a topic opening a…

Royal Canadian Navy – FFH-330-341 HMCS Halifax, Vancouver, Ville de Québec, Toronto, New Brunswick, Regina, Calgary, Montréal, Fredericton, Winnipeg, Charlottetown,…