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…

Posted in Dutch naval aviation

Fokker C.XI W (1934)

Fokker C.XI W (1934-38) About Fokker and Floatplanes Created by a Dutchman, Anthony Fokker, the company he founded in 1912…

Posted in peruvian-navy

Huáscar (1865)

Huáscar (1865) Peruvian Ironclad (1864-79) Chilean ironclad (1879-94), museum ship since 1934 The first American turret ironclad The legendary battle…

Posted in Royal Norwegian Navy

Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship (1897)

Coast Defence Ships (panserskipet) – Norwegian Navy 1896-1948 HNoMS Tordenskjold, Harald Haarfagre The Norwegian Capital Ships of two wars Brassey’s…

Posted in ww2 Royal Navy

Colossus class light fleet Aircraft Carriers (1944)

First of the ambitious 1942 light Fleet Carrier United Kingdom – 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (1944) Colossus, Glory, Ocean,…

Posted in cold war us navy

USS Enterprise (1960)

USS Enterprise (1960) Nuclear-powered Fleet Aircraft carrier The Nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (1960), probably the most famous ship of…

Posted in ww2 French Naval Aviation

Gourdou-Leseurre GL-800 series

Gourdou-Leseurre GL-800 HY series (1926-1938) Aéronautique Navale. L2, L3, GL-810, 811, 812, 813, 830, 831, 832 HY (108 built) The…

Posted in Chinese warships

Fu Po class transport sloops (1870)

Fu Po class cruisers (1870) Imperial Ming Navy – Transport Gunboats Fu Po was the lead ship of six armed…