Category: ww1 warships
Battleship Henri IV (1899)
France (1899) – France’s strangest pre-dreadnought Background The French Navy was under the influence of the ‘Jeune Ecole‘ (‘Young School’)…
Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898)
Asama class Armoured Cruisers (1898) Asama, Tokiwa (1898) IJN Asama and Tokiwa (常盤) was the second and last Asama-class armored…
British C class cruisers (1914-1922)
United Kingdom (1914-22) 7 sub-classes, 28 cruisers The veteran light cruisers The ‘C’ class were called artificially that way by…
WW1 French Escorts
WW1 French Escorts France (1893) French ASW warfare during the great war Because of the considerable maritime traffic amount between…
Naniwa class protected cruisers (1885)
Naniwa, Takachiho White’s first Japanese cruiser: The Naniwa and Takachiho (浪速型防護巡洋艦 Naniwa-gata bōgojun’yōka) were the first Japanese protected cruisers. They…
Ise class battleships (1917)
Imperial Japanese Navy IJN Ise, Hyūga 1915-1945. From super-dreadnoughts to hybrid battleships: Ise and Hyūga were two fast dreadnoughts built…
HMS Furious (1917)
HMS Furious (1917) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier History’s first aircraft carrier The HMS Furious is like a warship with…
Pisa class armoured cruisers (1907)
Pisa class armoured cruisers (1907) Italy – Regia Marina Pisa, Amalfi Based on the Regina Elena Battleships These two ships…
Regina Elena class battleships (1904)
Regina Elena class battleships (1904) Italy – Regia Marina – Regina Elena, Roma, Vittorio Emmanuele, Napoli The world’s fastest battleships…
HMS Ark Royal (1914)
HMS Ark Royal (1914) United Kingdom (1914) – Seaplane Carrier History’s first purpose-built seaplane carrier HMS Ark Royal is a…
