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HMS Ark Royal (1914)

United Kingdom (1914) – Seaplane Carrier History’s first purpose-built seaplane carrier HMS Ark Royal is a famous name, as it…

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Formidable class battleships (1898)

Formidable class battleships (1898) United Kingdom (1898) Formidable, Irresistible, Implacable, London, Bulwark, Venerable, Queen, Prince of Wales. The improved Canopus…

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King George V-class battleship (1911)

King George V-class battleship (1911) United Kingdom (1911) King Georges V, Centurion, Ajax, Audacious If the King George V class…

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Monmouth class Armoured Cruisers (1901)

United Kingdom (1899-1906), 10 armoured cruisers: Monmouth, Bedford, Essex, Kent, Berwick, Cornwall, Cumberland, Donegal, Lancaster, Suffolk. The other County Class…

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Town class cruisers

Town class cruisers (WWI) United Kingdom (1917) Sub-classes Bristol, Weymouth, Chatham, Birmingham, Birkenhead: 21 protected cruisers The battle-hardened WW1 Town…

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British P-Boats (1915)

British P-Boats (1915) United Kingdom (1915-18) Submarine-chasers, 43 ships The Mass-built British ww1 sub-chasers The submarine total war in the…

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Forward class scout cruisers (1904)

United Kingdom (1904) Classes Adventure, Forward, Pathfinder & Sentinel, 8 ships Genesis of British scout cruisers Scout cruisers were the…

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Blake class protected cruisers

United Kingdom (1889) HMS Blake, Blenheim HMS Blake in the 1890, in typical peacetime livery, black hull, white superstructures and…

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Orion class Battleships (1911)

Orion class Battleships (1911) United Kingdom (1911) Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer. Built in emergency Built in the emergency plan of…

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Drake class Armoured Cruisers (1901)

United Kingdom (1901) Drake, Good Hope, King Alfred, Leviathan. A new class of large armoured cruisers The 1897 Powerful class…