Posted in WW2 Japanese Navy

Momi class destroyers (1919)

Destroyers built 1918-22, Momi, Kaya, Nashi, Take, Kaki, Tsuga, Nire, Kuri, Kiku, Aoi, Hagi, Fuji, Susuki, Hishi, Hasu, Warabi, Tade,…

Posted in ww1 naval aviation

Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo (1917)

Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo (1917) RNAS/FAA 1917-19: 232 built all types combined. The Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo was a British torpedo carrier…

Posted in ww2 US Navy ww2 US subs

USS Dolphin (SS-169)

US Navy Submersible (1932-45) USS Dolphin (SS-169) was a single experimental submersible of the interwar, V-7 and later SF-10/SC-3, earning…

Posted in ww2 RN cruisers ww2 Royal Navy

Abdiel class minelayers (1940)

Minelayer cruisers – HMS Abdiel, Latona, Manxman, Welshman, Ariadne, Apollo The Abdiel class were six fast minelayers (cruisers) commissioned during…

Posted in 1870 Fleets 1870 Ottoman Navy

Osmanieh class ironclads (1864)

Ottoman Navy: Four British built Ironclads (1863-1866): Osmanieh, Mahmudieh, Abdul Aziz, Orkanieh The Osmanieh (or Osmaniye) class were four broadside…

Posted in cold war French ships

Cassard class Frigates (1985)

Guided missile Frigates 1976-2022: D 614 FS Cassard, D 615 Jean Bart, Courbet* D 616, D 617 (cancelled) The Cassard…

Posted in Brazilian Navy

Marcilio Dias class destroyers (1940)

Marinha do Brasil: 3 Destroyers built 1937-43, service until 1972 The Marcilio Dias or “M class” were the first modern…

Posted in Website News

New Fleet ! The Mexican Navy (Armada de Mexico)

Weekly Fleet ! The Mexican Fleet. We already covered it for WWI and WW2, so what about the Mexican Navy…

Posted in cold war us navy us submarines

Lafayette class SSBNs (1965)

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1963-1994: Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, John Adams, James Monroe, Nathan Hale, Woodrow Wilson,…

Posted in WW2 IJN Carriers WW2 Japanese Navy

IJN Kaiyō (1943)

Escort Aircraft Carrier (Launched 1939 as Argentina maru, converted 1943) IJN Kaiyō (海鷹, or Sea Hawk) was an escort carrier…