Author: dreadnaughtz
Admiral Spaun & Novara class cruisers
Admiral Spaun & Novara class cruisers Austria-Hungary (1909-13) SMS Admiral Spaun, Novara, Saida, Helgoland. The last Austro-Hungarian cruisers The Novara…
SMS Gefion (1893)
German Empire, Light Cruiser One of the oldest German cruisers in 1914: SMS Gefion was the second oldest German cruiser…
Battleship Henri IV (1899)
France (1899) – France’s strangest pre-dreadnought Background The French Navy was under the influence of the ‘Jeune Ecole‘ (‘Young School’)…
NMS Elisabeta (1887)
Romania (1899) Romania’s only cruiser The flagship of the Romanian navy, the protected cruiser Elisabeta was built in Armstrong, Elswick…
Battle of Hanko (1941)
Introduction: After the Winter war ended, the 1940 treaty of Moskow allocated to USSR surrounding islands, several coastal artillery sites,…
Classic Frigates
Frigates Studied Shtandard HMS Surprise Hermione USS Constitution HMS Trincomanlee La Belle Poule Dom Fernando HNLMS Bonaire Birth of a…
Almirante Latorre class battleships
Almirante Latorre class battleships Almirante Latorre, Almirante Cochrane (1916) The Roots of local naval rivalry Last of the “dreadnought race”:…
Rivadavia class Battleships
Rivadavia class Battleships Rivadavia, Moreno (1915) The “dreadnought race” as a spark – Argentina just ended in 1904 a naval…
Minas Geraes class battleships
Minas Geraes, São Paulo (1911) The first South American dreadnought – The Minas Geraes class caused an immense sensation when…
Königsberg class cruisers (1927)
“K” class light cruisers: Planned 1925, 3 ships Germany (1927), KMS Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln The “K class”, Reichsmarine’s innovative ships:…
