Posted in WW1 Dutch Navy

Koningin Regentes class Coast Defence Ships (1900)

Royal Netherlands Navy 18904-1968: HNLMS Koningin Regentes, De Ruyter, Hertog Hendrik The three Koningin Regentes class Coast Defence Ships (pantserschep)…

Posted in cold war us navy us submarines

Ohio class SSBN

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1976-97), 18 in service, 24 planned (SSBN-726-743). The Ohio-class SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) submarines became…

Posted in WW1 French Navy

Ernest Renan (1906)

France. Armored Cruiser built 1904-1908, service until 1937. Ernest Renan was the penultimate French armored cruiser, launched the same year…

Posted in ww2 USN Aviation

Boeing F4B (1928)

Boeing F4B (1928) US Navy Fighter (1928-34), 187 built (and 366 P-12) Development For the Navy, the Boeing Type 99…

Posted in ww2 Italian TBs

Curtatone class Destroyer (1922)

Regia Marina -4 destroyers: Curtatone, Castelfidardo, Catalafimi, Monzanbano. Built 1920-1924, interwar, ww2, cold war (1924-51) The Curtatone-class were four destroyers…

Posted in cold war UK subs

Vanguard class SSBN (1992)

Nuclear Ballistic Submarines Built 1986-1999 S28 Vanguard, S29 Victorious, S30 Vigilant, S31 Vengeance The Vanguard class were four 2nd generation…

Posted in ww2 IT subs

Glauco class submarine (1935)

Oceanic Submersibles (1933-37): Glauco, Otario The Glauco class were two medium ocanic submarines ordered by the Portuguese government originlly, but…

Posted in bundesmarine

Brandenburg class Frigate (1992)

Bundesmarine, Type 123. Built 1992-96, in service. F215-218 Brandenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Bayern, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern The F123 Brandenburg class were four frigates ordered…

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Cincinnati class Cruiser (1892)

USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-7 Cininnatti C-8 Raleigh 1892-1921 The Cincinnati-class were two small protected cruisers built for the USN…

Posted in cold war French ships

Le Redoutable class SSBN

Nuclear Ballistic Attack Submarines (S641-651). Service 1964-1996: Le Redoutable, Le Terrible, Le Foudroyant, L’indomptable, Le Tonnant, L’inflexible S-611 to S-615…

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