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Chitose class protected cruisers (1898)

Chitose class protected cruisers (1898) Japan (1898) – Chitose, Kasagi The US-built IJN Cruisers: Chitose and Kasagi were built in…

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Vettor Pisani class armoured cruisers (1895)

Vettor Pisani class armoured cruisers (1895) Italy (1895) – Vettor Pisani, Carlo Alberto These two armoured cruisers succeeded the unique…

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British P-Boats (1915)

British P-Boats (1915) United Kingdom (1915-18) Submarine-chasers, 43 ships The Mass-built British ww1 sub-chasers The submarine total war in the…

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Cressy class armoured cruisers (1899)

Cressy class armoured cruisers (1899) HMS Cressy, Hogue, Aboukir, Sutlej, Bacchante, Euryalus (1899) Close copies of the Diadem Six large…

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Fuji class battleships (1896)

The Fuji class pre-dreadnoughts Japan (1896): Fuji, Kashima The first modern Japanese battleships The Fuji class pre-dreadnought battleships, 富士型戦艦 Fuji-gata…

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Amiraglio Di St Bon class Battleships (1897)

Amiraglio Di St Bon class Battleships (1897) Italy – Regia Marina Adm. Di St Bon, Emanuele Filiberto Battleships on a…

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Forward class scout cruisers (1904)

Forward class scout cruisers (1904) United Kingdom (1904) Classes Adventure, Forward, Pathfinder & Sentinel, 8 ships Genesis of British scout…

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Tsukuba class Battlecruisers (1905)

Tsukuba class Battlecruisers (1905) Japan (1905) Tsukuba, Ikoma Half-way between armoured cruisers and battlecruisers: Tsukuba and Ikoma, massive ships armed…

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Blake class protected cruisers

Blake class protected cruisers United Kingdom (1889) HMS Blake, Blenheim HMS Blake in the 1890, in typical peacetime livery, black…

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WW1 French Torpedo Boats

WW1 French Torpedo Boats 350 Torpedo Boats (1870s-1914) Introduction: French doctrine about TBs The French did not invented the torpedo…