Posted in Portuguese Navy 1860-1890 ww1 portuguese navy

Vasco Da Gama (1875)

Vasco Da Gama (1875) – Armoured Corvette with a 58 years career Portugal – Ironclad 1875-1935 The Portuguese Ironclad In…

Posted in WW1 Dutch Navy ww1 warships

Evertsen class Coastal Defence Ships (1893)

The Netherlands – 1893-1920: HRMS Kortenar, Evertsen, Piet Hein The three Evertsen class were the first Dutch Netherland’s Navy modern…

Posted in WW1 French Navy

Amiral Charner class armoured cruisers (1892)

France (1891-1926) Admiral Charner, Bruix, Chanzy, Latouche-Tréville Follow-up cruisers of the Dupuy de Lôme. The previous Dupuy de Lôme was…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww2 Royal Navy

HMS Argus (1917)

Fleet (later Training) Aircraft Carrier United Kingdom (1914-1944) Forty years of career and two wars To the exception of HMS…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy

Duke of Edinburgh class (1904)

Armoured Cruisers United Kingdom (1902-1906), Armored Cruisers: HMS Duke of Edinburgh, HMS Black Prince The Duke of Edinburgh-class were two…

Posted in WW1 Japanese Navy

Kawachi class Battleships (1910)

Kawachi class Battleships (1910) Japanese Imperial Navy (1912-1945): IJN Kawachi, Settsu The first Japanese dreadnoughts After the Satsuma class which…

Posted in WW1 French Navy

French Battleship Iéna (1898)

French Navy Pre-Dreadnought Battleship (1898-1907) Iéna was ordered in April 1897, and completed in 1902, based on the relatively successful…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy

WW1 British Monitors (1911-1918)

WWI Royal Navy Monitors United Kingdom (1912-1918): 42 Monitors Poster of all WWI British Monitors The last British monitors were…

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Duncan class Battleships (1901)

Duncan class Battleships (1901) United Kingdom (1900-1904) HMS Albemarle, Cornwallis, Duncan, Exmouth, Montagu, Russel The last gasp of the “Russian…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww2 Royal Navy

N3 (St Andrews) class Battleships (1918)

N3 class Battleships (1918) United Kingdom (1918-1922) -Unbuilt. The first true British “hyper-dreadnoughts” Comparison G3/N3 The term “super-dreadnought” was already…