Category: WW1 Royal Navy
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…
WW1 British Seaplane Carriers
WW1 British Seaplane Carriers United Kingdom (1914-21) 17 ships Pioneer in naval air warfare You would be surprised that on…