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…

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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 War of 1898

USS Olympia

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

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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…

Posted in 1890 fleets industrial era

Ironclad “Le Redoutable” (1876)

Le Redoutable, French steel ironclad (1876) France 1873-1910, Central Battery Ironclad The “Le Redoutable” was the world’s first steel-built central…

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Italia class ironclads (1881)

Italia class ironclads Italy (1881) Italia, Lepanto The Italia class comprised two ironclad battleships of the Regia Marina, built between…

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Jemmapes class (1892)

Jemmapes class France, Coastal Battleships – Jemmapes, Valmy The Jemmapes class (1892) were two French coastal Battleships, part of the…

Tordenskjold
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Torpedo ram HDMS Tordenskjold (1880)

HDMS Tordenskjold (1880) Denmark Torpedo Ram built 1878-81, decomm. 1908 Development of the sole Danish Torpedo Ram HDMS Tordenskjold was…