Posted in 1890 Danish Navy 1890 fleets

HDMS Lindormen (1868)

Dansk marine – Ironclad (1868-1907) HDMS Lindormen was a Danish ironclad and monitor built for the Royal Danish Navy in…

Posted in 1890 fleets Royal Navy 1890

HMS Shannon

Armoured Cruiser HMS Shannon (1875) United Kingdom (1873-1899) The concept of the armoured cruiser had many origins and claiming nations….

Posted in 1890 fleets 1890 Russian Fleet

Pamiat Merkuria

Masted cruiser Pamiat Merkuria (1880) Russian Empire, 1879-1939 Pamiat Merkuria was the first “modern” iron hull unprotected masted Russian cruiser….

Posted in 1890 fleets 1890 Spanish Armada War of 1898

Infanta Maria Teresa class cruisers (1890)

Infanta Maria Teresa class cruisers (1890) Spanish Armada (1888-1898): Armoured Cruisers Infanta Maria Teresa, Vizcaya, Almirante Oquendo If it is…

Posted in 1890 fleets

Battleship USS Texas (1892)

USA – pre-dreadnought 1895-1911 USS Texas 1890 – The very first USN battleship. After the American Civil war ended in…

Posted in 1890 Spanish Armada Spanish Armada WW1 War of 1898

Pelayo (1887)

Spanish pre-dreadnought Battleship (1885-1929) Pelayo was a French-built Battleship, first modern one in service with the Armada. A fitting subject…

Posted in 1890 fleets Swedish Navy WWI

Svea class coast defence ships (1886)

Svea class coast defence ships (1886) Swedish Navy – Svea, Göta, Thule The Svea class armored ships (“pansarskepp”) of the…

Posted in Portuguese Navy 1860-1890 ww1 portuguese navy

Vasco Da Gama (1875)

Vasco Da Gama (1875) – Armoured Corvette with a 58 years career Portugal – Ironclad 1875-1935 The Portuguese Ironclad In…

Posted in 1890 fleets Industrial-era-Navies

USS Olympia

US Protected Cruiser, 1890 – today Introduction: The birth of the “new navy” When the first Cleveland Administration took office…

Posted in 1890 fleets

Matsushima class protected cruisers (1888-94)

Matsushima class Cruisers (1889) Protected cruisers 1888-1926: IJN Matsushima, Itsukushima, Hashidate The Yalu Protected Cruisers These three cruisers played a…