Category: ww1 warships
Powerful class Armoured Cruisers (1895)
United Kingdom (1895) – HMS Powerful, HMS Terrible The Anglo-Russian naval arms race Before the better known anglo-german naval arms…
Seaplane Carrier La Foudre (1895)
France (1895) – Torpedo mothership/Seaplane carrier First life: As a torpedo boat mothership The Foudre in still well remembered from,…
D’Iberville class Torpedo Cruisers (1893)
France (1893) – Casabianca, Cassini, D’Iberville The D’Iberville class in brief The three ships of this class, Casabianca, Cassini and…
Dunois class Torpedo Cruisers (1897)
France (1897) – Dunois, La Hire A strange mix of characteristics The Torpedo Cruiser was a development of the controversial…
Edgar class protected cruisers (1891)
United Kingdom (1891) HMS Edgar, Endmyon, Hawke, Gibraltar, Crescent, Royal Arthur, St Georges, Theseus, Grafton Among the oldest cruisers in…
Bretagne class Dreadnought Battleships (1914)
France (1914) – Bretagne, Provence, Lorraine France’s wartime dreadnoughts Before the war, France’s first dreadnoughts, the Courbet class, just entered…
Brandenburg class Battleships (1892)
Brandenburg class Battleships (1892) Germany (1892) – Brandenburg, Wörth (1914) Germany’s first pre-dreadnoughts Certainly the oldest battleships German Navy in…
Active class Cruisers
RN (1911): Active, Amphion, Fearless The last prewar scout cruisers: The Active class were three ships closely derived from previous…
Nassau class battleships (1906)
Nassau class battleships (1908) SMS Nassau, Rheinland, Posen, Westfalen Germany’s first dreadnoughts The four Nassau (Nassau, Westfalen, Rheinland, Posen) were…
Lion class Battlecruisers (1910)
Lion class Battlecruisers (1910) HMS Lion, Princess Royal, Queen Mary Beatty’s “splendid cats” at Jutland were a source of pride…
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