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Bundesmarine Training Cruiser (A59) 1959-1990 West German Navy’s flagship In this day of Germany Unity (3 October) what more but…

WW1 British Torpedo Boats United Kingdom (1876-1905): Circa 120 vessels The forgotten linage One aspect of the Royal Navy which…

Svea class coast defence ships (1886) Swedish Navy – Svea, Göta, Thule The Svea class armored ships (“pansarskepp”) of the…

Tupolev TB-1 P (1930) 1931-34: 66 converted. The Tupolev Saga For that introductory matter into Soviet naval air power, it…

Vasco Da Gama (1875) – Armoured Corvette with a 58 years career Portugal – Ironclad 1875-1935 The Portuguese Ironclad In…

Germany (1914-1920) – SMS Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Emden, Nürnberg The replacement cruisers Painting of the Karlsruhe in Scapa Flow A new,…

The standard Italian onboard observation floatplane Aviazione Ausiliaria per la Regia Marina 193 built 1934-41 In WW2, the bulk of…

Flower class Corvettes (1940) United Kingdom/Canada – (1940-45): 263 ships*. The cheap answer to British ASW warfare The Flower class…

Grumman F8F Bearcat (1944) Carrier-based Fighter The last Grumman classic Piston engine Fighter Development and design The F8F was conceived…

IJN armoured aircraft carrier. The world’s largest aircraft carrier The third member of the Yamato super-battleships, IJN Shinano (信濃 –…