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Hawkins class cruisers (1920)

United Kingdom (1920) Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Cavendish, Raleigh First and last heavy cruisers of ww1 In 1914, the Royal Navy…

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WW1 French Battlecruisers (Projects)

WW1 French Battlecruisers (Projects) Paper projects (1913) French what-if battlecruisers A bit provocative in its title, this article is dedicated…

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Cavour class battleships

Regia Marina (1911) Battleships Guilio Cesare, Conte di Cavour, Leonardo Da Vinci The new Italian Battleships The first Italian dreadnought…

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Marco Polo (1892)

Marco Polo (1892) Italian Armoured Cruiser (1888) The First Italian Armoured Cruiser The Marco Polo was the first Italian armoured…

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Protected Cruiser Jurien de la Gravière (1899)

Jurien de la Gravière (1899) France (1899) – Protected Cruiser A “tin-clad cruiser” The term was used often to describe…

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Orion class Battleships (1911)

Orion class Battleships (1911) United Kingdom (1911) Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer. Built in emergency Built in the emergency plan of…

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Grillo class tracked torpedo launches

Grillo class tracked torpedo launches (1918) Italy (1918) Tracked MTB or amphibious tank ? The Grillo is one of the…

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Drake class Armoured Cruisers (1901)

Drake class Armoured Cruisers (1901) United Kingdom (1901) Drake, Good Hope, King Alfred, Leviathan. A new class of large armoured…

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Renown class battlecruisers (1916)

Renown class Battlecruisers (1916) HMS Repulse, Renown (1916) Veterans of two wars: The Renown class battlecruisers were initially planned as…

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Edgar Quinet class armoured cruisers (1907)

Edgar Quinet class armoured cruisers (1907) France (1907) Edgar Quinet, Waldeck-Rousseau France’s last armoured cruisers The last French cruiser-battleships, and…