Category: ww1 warships
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…
Blake class protected cruisers
United Kingdom (1889) HMS Blake, Blenheim HMS Blake in the 1890, in typical peacetime livery, black hull, white superstructures and…
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…
WW1 Japanese Destroyers
WW1 Japanese Destroyers Japan (1898-1919) – About 180 ships A newcomer in destroyer design WW2 Japanese destroyers were certainly among…
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…
Cavour class battleships
Regia Marina (1911) Battleships Guilio Cesare, Conte di Cavour, Leonardo Da Vinci The new Italian Battleships The first Italian dreadnought…
Marco Polo (1892)
Marco Polo (1892) Italian Armoured Cruiser (1888) The First Italian Armoured Cruiser The Marco Polo was the first Italian armoured…
Jurien de la Gravière (1899)
France (1899) – Protected Cruiser A “tin-clad cruiser” The term was used often to describe rival Italian and French cruisers…
Orion class Battleships (1911)
Orion class Battleships (1911) United Kingdom (1911) Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer. Built in emergency Built in the emergency plan of…
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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