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Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 14, 2022
Posted in U-Boats ww2 Kriegsmarine

Type XXI U-Boats (1944)

Nazi Germany, 1,170 planned, 118 completed (1944) The Elektroboot saga: Too late to win The Type XXI were large scale…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 10, 2022
Posted in Turkish Ottoman Navy

Turkish Cruiser Mecidiye (1903)

Turkish Ottoman Cruiser Mecidiye Turkey – 1901-1952 (1903) A “Magnificient Century” in service of Turkey The Ottoman Navy Mecidiye (also…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 9, 2022
Posted in British Fleet Air Arm Naval Aviation

Supermarine Walrus (1936)

Supermarine Walrus (1936) RNAS/FAA 1936-44: 740 built. The common British WW2 spotter seaplane Supermarine Walrus I parked on catapults in…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 7, 2022
Posted in 1860 fleets secession war

USS Spuyten Duyvil (1864)

USS Spuyten Duyvil (1864) Union Navy The first USN Torpedo Boat After suffering against Confederate use of the torpedo, the…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 5, 2022
Posted in ww2 Royal Navy

Implacable class fleet aircraft carriers (1942)

Implacable class Aircraft Carriers United Kingdom: HMS Implacable, Indefatigable (1942) The Illustrious near sister ships The Implacable-class were two aircraft…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 2, 2022
Posted in WW1 Japanese Navy

IJN Mikasa (1900)

IJN Mikasa (1900) Japanese pre-dreadnought Battleship (1899-1923) The iconic ship of Japan If the huge scale model of Yamato still…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: February 25, 2022
Posted in ww1 Italian Navy

WW1 Italian Battleships

WW1 Italian Battleships Kingdom of Italy (1886-1916) 20 battleships Foreworld about ww1 Italian Battleships Italy started WWI with 16 battleships,…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: February 21, 2022
Posted in WW2 Japanese Navy

Mogami class cruisers (1934)

Mogami class cruisers (1934) Light/Heavy Cruisers Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, Kumano. As Japan signed the treaty of London, the Imperial Navy…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: February 19, 2022
Posted in Naval Aviation WW2 IJN Aviation WW2 Naval Aviation

Nakajima E8N “Dave”

Nakajima E8N “Dave” (1934) Imperial Japanese Navy, 755 built The “Dave”, standard IJN observation seaplane The Nakajima E8N was a…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: February 17, 2022
Posted in ww1 german navy

Bayern class battleships (1915)

Bayern class battleships (1915) SMS Bayern, Baden, Sachsen, Württemberg Bayern class: The last German dreadnoughts The battleship “Bayern” does not…