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Radetzky class Frigates (1854)

Radetzky class Frigates (1857) Austrian Navy 1854-88: SMS Radetzky, Adria, Donau Design In 1852, the Austro-Hungarian Navy’s high command proposed…

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Novara class steam Frigates (1853)

Novara class Steam Frigates (1857) Austro-Hungarian Navy 1843-1900, SMS Novara, Schwarzenberg The Novara class was one of two largely similar,…

Posted in 1860 fleets secession war

CSS Stonewall/Kōtetsu/Azuma (1864)

Kōtetsu (1864) Japanese Ironclad 1862-1888. The twisted origins of the first Japanese Ironclad The “ship with five lives” Kotetsu was…

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USS Spuyten Duyvil (1864)

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

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USS Monitor (1862)

USS Monitor (1862) Union Navy First of the name & defining a type: The Monitor The USS Monitor is not…

Posted in 1860 fleets austrian navy

SMS Herzerzog and Novara steam corvettes (1857)

Erzherzog Friedrich class Steam Frigates Austrian Steam Corvettes (1857) Design of the Erzherzog Friedrich Class The construction of these wooden…

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SMS Kaiser (1858)

Kaiser (1858) Austrian Navy, 1858-1920 SMS Kaiser, Austria’s “wooden battleship”. First article for the 1860 section, the Austrian Navy’s legendary…

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Union Navy 1861-65

THE UNION NAVY (“OLD NAVY”) The goal of this chapter is not to portray every single ship featured during the…