Category: ww1 warships
Courageous class battlecruisers (1915)
Courageous class battlecruisers (1915) United Kingdom – Battlecruisers The Courageous Class were three light battlecruisers intended for an Operation in…
San Giorgio class Cruisers (1907)
San Giorgio class Cruisers (1907) Italy – Regia Marina San Giorgio, San Marco Cuniberti’s cruisers The San Giorgio class were…
WW1 British Battleships
WW1 British Battleships United Kingdom: 80 battleships 1890-1918 Overview poster of British Capital Ships in WW1, including projects (light grey)…
HMS Hermes (1919)
United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes was the first (or second depending on the authors) purpose-built aircraft carrier. Indeed…
Nordenfelt Submarines (1885)
UK – 1885-90 – 4 submersibles. The earliest military torpedo submarines: In 1886, Ottoman submarine Abdülhamid (1886) was the first…
WW1 Japanese Cruisers
WW1 Japanese Cruisers Japan (1890-1919) About 34 cruisers Origin of IJN Cruisers: Meiji and Bakumatsu era Frigates: The origin of…
Hospital Ships
World’s navies (1863 to today) As these lines are written, the world would remember medical personal and nurses involved in…
Moltke class Battlecruisers
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 Audace in 1918 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 the nest, a…
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