Category: 1890 fleets

Marine Nationale, Protected cruiser, 1889-1907 Tage was a protected cruiser, second one of the type entering service with the Marine…

United Kingdom: Experimental torpedo ram (1881-1903) The Victorian Freak Among the “oddballs” of the Royal Navy, HMS Polyphemus is many’s…

Marine Nationale Protected cruiser, 1887-1906 Sfax was the first Protected Cruiser of the French Marine Nationale, a topic opening a…

Dansk marine – Ironclad (1871-1912) The Danish ironclad Gorm (“Gorm the old”) was a monitor ironclad (panserskib) built for the…

Italy, Iron-Hulled Aviso, In Service: 1869-1903 During the time of Italian Unification, much of the fighting occurred on land between…

Prussian/German Navy – Ironclads Grosser Kurfürst, Preussen, Friedrich der Grosse 1869-1877 The Preussen class were three ironclad turret ships initiated…

United Kingdom: 1871-1904 Ironclad Ram For the first post of this new year were open the ball with the oddballs…

Armada (1884-86): 1 ship, in service until 1907. Destructor was a 1880 Spanish warship designed by Fernando Villaamil as a…

USA (1888-90): Protected Cruiser C-5 1890-1937 USS San Francisco (C-5) was a steel armour protected cruiser built in 1888-90 for…

USA (1887-90): Protected Cruiser C-4 1890-1926 Authorized in 1887, USS Philadelphia was rigged as three-mast schooner, without head gear and…