Author: Aloys Blanchard
Prince Consort class ironclad
broadside ironclad (1860-1865): HMS Prince Consort, Caledonia, Ocean, Royal Oak. The Prince Consort class were wooden-hulled ironclad types, converted from…
Santa Fe class Submersible
Santa Fe class Submarine (1928-1933) : Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Salta Development The three “Tarantino class” submarines were called…
Marconi class Submersible
Oceanic Submersibles: 1939-40: Alessandro Malaspina, Leonardo da Vinci, Luigi Torelli, Major Baracca, Michele Bianchi, Guglielmo Marconi. The Marconi class were…
Pietro de Cristofaro class Corvette
Pietro De Cristofaro (F540), Salvatore Todaro (F550), Umberto Grosso (F541), Licio Visintini (F546) 1963-65, active 1990s Background Following the disappointing…
Albatros-class Corvette (1954)
Built 1954-58: Albatros, Alcione, Airone, Aquila, Bellona*, Diana*, Flora*, Triton*, Lynx*, Pattimura**, Sultan Hasanudin** The Albatros class was a class…

Vedetta (1866)
Italy, Iron-Hulled Aviso, In Service: 1869-1903 During the time of Italian Unification, much of the fighting occurred on land between…
Ruggiero di Lauria class Ironclads (1884)
Ironclad Battleships (1879-1895): Ruggiero di Lauria, Francesco Morosini, Andrea Doria Italian Ironclad Battleships Caio Duilio class (1879) | Italia class…
The Great Clippers (1820-1870)
Introduction For once, we left the guns to rest, and turn the bar back in time, with one of the…