Author: dreadnaughtz
US Navy Cold War Frigates
Cold War USN Frigates 150 Frigates 1955-1990 Introduction: Postwar USN ASW Policy The entire array of destroyers and escort destroyers…
Operation C3 – Herkules – The Axis planned invasion of Malta (1942)
The largest planned combined axis amphibious operation of WW2 See also the article about the ground component of the operation…
Wittelsbach class battleships (1900)
Wittelsbach class battleships (1900) Germany (1900-1901) Wittlesbach, Wettin, Zähringen, Schwaben, Mecklenburg Tirpitz pet’s battleships: The Wittlesbach class were the first…
York class cruisers
United Kingdom – HMS Exeter, HMS York The last British heavy cruisers Development of the “Class B” – York design…
Algérie (1930)
French Heavy Cruiser (1929-1942) The best “washington” cruiser? Algérie was the last French heavy cruiser. She was also -as many…
Brooklyn class cruisers (1936)
Brooklyn class cruisers (1936) USA (1936-37) USS Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Savannah, Nashville, Phoenix, Boise, Honolulu, St Louis, Helena. The Brooklyns: Defining…
Ise class battleships (1917)
Ise class battleships (1917) IJN Ise, Hyūga. From super-dreadnoughts to hybrid battleships: Ise and Hyūga were two fast dreadnoughts built…
WW2 Italian Submarines
About 113 submersibles The Regia Marina in 1939 had far more submarines than Germany, 116 (107 for other sources) versus…
Battle of Elli and Lemnos (1912-13)
Greek Navy vs Turkish Ottoman Navy The Battles of the Aegean sea, a prelude to the great war at sea…
Type 053H Jianghu class Frigates (1974)
Chinese PLAN (1974-96) – 18 ships The Type 053 was the staple of Chinese PLAN late cold war frigates. The…
