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London class battleships (1899)
London Class Battleships (1899) British Pre-dreadnoughts HMS London, Bulwark, Venerable, Queen, Prince of Wales The London class comprised five pre-dreadnought…
ww2 Soviet Motor Torpedo Boats
Soviet WW2 Motor Torpedo Boats Soviet Navy 1921-45: Circa 400 Boats During WW2, the Soviet Navy went on producting motor…
Long Island class escort carriers (1940)
Long Island class (1940) Escort Aircraft Carriers USS Long Island, USS Charger (CVE-1, CVE-30) WW2 first escort aircraft carrier The…
The Missile Cruiser Colbert (1953-1991)
French Navy (1953-1991) The last French cruiser With the start of the cold war France still possessed a number of…
Roon class armored cruisers (1904)
German Empire (1901): SMS Roon, Yorck The Roon class were follow-up armored cruisers of the Prinz Adalbert-class, built for the…
USS Norfolk (DL-1) Ocean Escort, Cruiser
USS Norfolk (DL-1) Ocean Escort (Cruiser) The USS Norfolk (Destroyer Leader 1) was a new type of large oceanic escort…
USN WW2 Amphibious Operations
Amphibious Warfare from scratch (1941) US Navy 1941-45, 16 major landing operations The US Navy is remembered in WW2 for…
Mitsubishi 1MF (1919)
Mitsubishi 1MF (1919) Imperial Japanese Navy, 148 built The long road towards the first IJN fighter The Imperial Japanese seaplanes…
WW2 US assault ships, landing ships and landing crafts
US Navy 1941-45 – Circa 60,000 amphibious crafts & assault ships combined The fascinating aspect in the development of the…
Douglas SBD Dauntless (1940)
USN Dive Bomber 1938-1944 (5,936 built) Fearless Dauntless: USN’ legendary dive bomber The image is clear now, since the river…
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