Category: ww1 warships

World’s navies (1863 to today) As these lines are written, the world would remember medical personal and nurses involved in…

Moltke class Battlecruisers Germany (1910) Battlecruisers – SMS Moltke, SMS Goeben Development and Design A May 1907 conference already defined…

WW1 Italian Destroyers Italy (1896-22) 52 ships From Torpedo boats to destroyers Development of Italian torpedo boats had a lot…

Battleship Hoche (1886) France (1881-90) – France’s ‘Grand Hotel’ The Hoche is now as then, the supreme ugly ducking in…

IJN Chin Yen: The first Japanese Ironclad Imperial Chinese Navy – Imperial Japanese Navy The result of the first Sino-Japanese…

Quarto (1911) Italy (1911) Scout Cruiser The best Italian scout cruiser The Quarto was the third Italian modern scout cruiser…

WW1 British Seaplane Carriers United Kingdom (1914-21) 17 ships Pioneer in naval air warfare You would be surprised that on…

Chikuma class cruisers (1911) Japan (1911) Chikuma, Yahagi, Hirado The Japanese turbine Cruisers: The three cruisers described here are in…

HMS Tiger (1913) United Kingdom (1913) Battlecruiser The HMS Tiger: Feline beauty and hard shell Described by historian John Keegan…

Nino Bixio class cruisers (1912) Italy (1912) Nino Bixio, Marsala The first modern Italian scouts The Nino Bixio class were…