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Dutch Submarines of WW2
Dutch Submarines of WW2 The Netherlands – 1909-1945 – 8 classes, 42 submarines*. The forgotten 8th submarine fleet We saw…
WW1 British Battlecruisers
WW1 British Battlecruisers United Kingdom – 12 battlecruisers Foreword: Attempt to define the Battlecruiser Vittorio’s Cuniberti’s design -The first point…
Type 101 Hamburg class destroyers (1960)
Bundesmarine (1959-68) Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Bayern, Hessen The home-built Bundesmarine’s destroyers Between the first, rebuilt and modernized Zerstörer class (1958) -Fletcher…
WW2 French cruisers
France (1923-1940): 24(+4) cruisers Introduction The topic of French cruisers could be summup in a few points: It was framed…
Chao Yung (Chaoyong) class protected cruisers (1880)
Chao Yung (Chaoyong) class protected cruisers (1880) Chinese Empire – Chao Yung, Yang Wei The oldest Chinese protected cruisers –…
Missile cruiser Garibaldi (1960)
Missile cruiser Garibaldi (1960) Giuseppe Garibaldi (1936), converted 1957-61, in service 1962-1972 The Condottieri are back in action! In 1948,…
Consolidated PBY Catalina (1936)
USN flying boat (1935) The angel of the Atlantic The PBY Catalina was during WW2 both a spy and vengeful…
WW2 British submarines
United Kingdom (1918-1945), 57 submersibles 1939, 260 total Introduction British submarines during WW2 were never given the same focus as…
Bismarck class Battleships (1940)
Fast Battleships 1939-1945 Germany (1940) KMS Bismarck, Tirpitz Introduction: The most formidable battleship in the world, 1941. The Bismarck is…
Yamato class Battleships (1941)
IJN Yamato, Musashi. The last IJN battleships: IJN Yamato, like Bismarck, is the subject of a post-war myth. Mysterious, because…
