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Quebec class submarines (1950)
Project 615 – NATO “Quebec” 30 submarines (1950-54) Preserved M-296 These thirty conventional attack submarines called internally project 615, were…
WW1 Italian Submarines
WW1 Italian Submarines Italy (1892-1918) – 80 submersibles An introduction: Italian Submarines in WW1 Italy during WWI operated no less…
Scharnhorst class battleships (1936)
Germany (1936) Battleships: Scharnhorst, Gneisenau The Kriegsmarine “terrible twins”: The Scharnhost and Gneisenau were the first Kriegsmarine battleships, completed shortly…
USS Ranger (CV-4)
USS Ranger (CV-4) USA (1933) USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first USN aircraft carrier designed as such. She was a…
Borodino class battlecruisers (1915)
Borodino class battlecruisers (1915) Russia (1915) Borodino, Izmail, Kinburn, Navarin The First Russian Battlecruisers Artistic rendition of the Borodino, if…
Vought SB2U Vindicator (1936)
US NavyUSN Dive Bomber (1936) The USN dive bomber in 1940 Two cantilever monoplan dive bombers were in service in…
St Vincent class battleships (1908)
St Vincent class battleships (1908) United Kingdom (1908) – St Vincent, Collingwood, Vanguard The second dreadnought-type serie The St Vincent…
WW2 Japanese Battleships
WW2 Japanese Battleships 12 battleships. Introduction: IJN Battleships, from British to Japanese design: IJN Satsuma, one of the last IJN…
Cold War Soviet Submarines
Cold War Soviet Submarines circa 1,450 submarines 1950-90 Introduction The Soviet silent service in the cold war: Like in the…
WW2 Italian battleships
Italy (1915-42) – 8 Battleships Italian Battleships during WW2 were few in numbers, just as French ones, due to the…
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