Category: 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…
HMS Shannon
Armoured Cruiser HMS Shannon (1875) United Kingdom (1873-1899) The concept of the armoured cruiser had many origins and claiming nations….
Pamiat Merkuria
Masted cruiser Pamiat Merkuria (1880) Russian Empire, 1879-1939 Pamiat Merkuria was the first “modern” iron hull unprotected masted Russian cruiser….
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…
Battleship USS Texas (1892)
USA – pre-dreadnought 1895-1911 USS Texas 1890 – The very first USN battleship. After the American Civil war ended in…
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…
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…
Vasco Da Gama (1875)
Vasco Da Gama (1875) – Armoured Corvette with a 58 years career Portugal – Ironclad 1875-1935 The Portuguese Ironclad In…
USS Olympia
US Protected Cruiser, 1890 – today Introduction: The birth of the “new navy” When the first Cleveland Administration took office…
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…