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Trento class Cruisers (1927)
Trento, Trieste, Bolzano (1927-32) In 1920, Italy had few modern cruisers. The Washington Treaty set new standards to be followed…
New York class Battleships (1912)
USA (1912) USS New York, Texas The New York class became the first American battleships with 14-in guns and the…
Cold War Soviet Cruisers (1947-90)
Conventional and missile Cruisers, projects and conversions (1947-90) 62 Cruisers 1947-90 Overview: From conventional to missile warfare In February 1946…
HMS Eagle (1918)
HMS Eagle (1918) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle was the fourth British aircraft carrier to enter service, after…
Hospital Ships
World’s navies (1863 to today) As these lines are written, the world would remember medical personal and nurses involved in…
Moltke class Battlecruisers
Moltke class Battlecruisers Germany (1910) Battlecruisers – SMS Moltke, SMS Goeben Development and Design A May 1907 conference already defined…
WW1 German Battlecruisers
Germany (1907-1917) Von der Tann, Molkte, Goeben, Seydlitz, Derrflinger, Lützow, Hindenburg Foreword: German battlecruisers: The German Empire was the second…
Type 053H3 Jiangwei II class Frigates (1997)
Chinese PLAN (1997-2004) Lianyungang, Jiaxing, Putian, Yichang, Huludao, Sanming, Xiangyang, Huaihua, Luoyang, Mianyang In the 1980s, the PLA Navy ordered…
Riachuelo (1883)
Marinha do Brasil: Riachuelo, Aquidabã The first Brazilian modern Battleship: The ironclad Riachuelo was one of the main reasons which…
Kearsage class battleships (1898)
USA (1896-99) USS Kearsarge, Kentucky The tandem turreted battleships: The Kearsarge class was certainly not the best remembered of the…
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