Category: WW1 Royal Navy
British Gunboats of WWI
British Royal Navy Gunboats 1880s to 1918 About 31 gunboats 1914 Gunboat diplomacy The story of the Royal Navy is…
Queen Elizabeth class Battleships (1913)
Queen Elizabeth class Battleships (1913) United Kingdom (1913-1914) HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Malaya, Valiant PART I: A new breed…
HMS Canada (1913)
HMS Canada (1913) HMS Canada (ex-Almirante Latorre) 1914 The Chilean take on the south American Naval arms race HMS Canada…
HMS Agincourt (1913)
HMS Agincourt (1913) HMS Agincourt (ex-Rio de Janeiro, ex-Sultan Osman I) 1913 The ‘Gin Palace’ HMS Agincourt was singular ship….
WW1 British Battlecruisers
WW1 British Battlecruisers United Kingdom – 12 battlecruisers Foreword: Attempt to define the Battlecruiser Vittorio’s Cuniberti’s design -The first point…
St Vincent class battleships (1908)
St Vincent class battleships (1908) United Kingdom (1908) – St Vincent, Collingwood, Vanguard The second dreadnought-type serie The St Vincent…
Courageous class battlecruisers (1915)
Courageous class battlecruisers (1915) United Kingdom – Battlecruisers The Courageous Class were three light battlecruisers intended for an Operation in…
WW1 British Battleships
WW1 British Battleships United Kingdom: 80 battleships 1890-1918 Overview poster of British Capital Ships in WW1, including projects (light grey)…
HMS Hermes (1919)
United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes was the first (or second depending on the authors) purpose-built aircraft carrier. Indeed…
Nordenfelt Submarines (1885)
UK – 1885-90 – 4 submersibles. The earliest military torpedo submarines: In 1886, Ottoman submarine Abdülhamid (1886) was the first…
