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Pisa class armoured cruisers (1907)

Pisa class armoured cruisers (1907) Italy – Regia Marina Pisa, Amalfi Based on the Regina Elena Battleships These two ships…

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Imperatritsa Mariya class battleships (1913)

Imperatritsa Mariya class battleships (1913) Russia (1914) Imperatritsa Mariya, Imperatritsa Ekaterina Velikaya, Imperator Aleksander III The revised Gangut: Russia’s second…

Posted in ww1 Italian Navy

Regina Elena class battleships (1904)

Regina Elena class battleships (1904) Italy – Regia Marina – Regina Elena, Roma, Vittorio Emmanuele, Napoli The world’s fastest battleships…

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Type 03 class submarines (1956)

Type 03, the Chinese “Whiskey” Chinese PLAN (1956-63) – 21(+5) boats The famous NATO codename was given to the most…

Posted in Austro-Hungarian Navy

Tegetthoff class battleships (1911)

Tegetthoff class battleships (1911) Tegetthoff, Viribus Unitis, Prinz Eugen, Szent Istvan (1911) First Dreadnoughts and last Austro-Hungarian battleships: SMS Tegetthoff…

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WW1 Russian Destroyers

Imperial Russia (1895-1921) – About 150 ships Overview of Russian light ships development As in many other navies, Russia started…

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España class Battleships (1912)

Spain Between the great war and civil war After the crushing defeats of 1898 in the hands of the US…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy

HMS Ark Royal (1914)

HMS Ark Royal (1914) United Kingdom (1914) – Seaplane Carrier History’s first purpose-built seaplane carrier HMS Ark Royal is a…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy

Warrior class armoured cruisers (1905)

HMS Duke of Edinburgh, Black Prince, Warrior, Achilles, Cochrane, Natal (1905) A brand new scale for cruisers Duke of Edinburgh…

Posted in ww1 US Navy

Montgomery class cruisers (1891)

USA (1891) Protected cruisers: Montgomery, Detroit, Marblehead. The Montgomery class were ordered in 1888 and commissioned in 1893-94. Of questionable…