Category: ww2 warships

German Heavy Cruisers (1937): Hipper, Blücher, Prinz Eugen, Seydlitz, Lützow KMS Hipper and her sister ships were the first and…

Oceanic Submersibles 1924-1945: HMS Oberon (prototype), HMS Oxley & Otway (Australian order), HMS Odin, Olympus, Orpheus, Osiris, Oswald, Otus HMS…

Heavy Cruisers Katori, Kashima, Kashii. The IJN school cruisers The three Katori class light cruisers, Katori, Kashima and Kashii had…

Kriegsmarine Torpedoboote Germany (1924-45) – 36 (90 planned)+ 49 TB Ausland (TA), total 84 Why German Torpedo Boats in WW2…

Imperial Japanese Navy, 1923-44. IJN Sendai, Jintsū, Naka (+Kako, Ayase, Minase, Otonase, unnamed- cancelled) The “four pipers” light cruisers The…

Coast Defence Ships (panserskipet) – Norwegian Navy 1896-1948 HNoMS Tordenskjold, Harald Haarfagre The Norwegian Capital Ships of two wars Brassey’s…

First of the ambitious 1942 light Fleet Carrier United Kingdom – 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (1944) Colossus, Glory, Ocean,…

HSwMS Clas Fleming (1912) Swedish Navy – Minelayer cruiser 1911-1960 Commissioned in 1914, Clas Fleming was among the first Swedish…

IJN Heavy Cruiser 1942-45: Oyodo, Niyodo (cancelled), 11 more. The last IJN cruiser She was the last cruiser class of…

Patrol Submersible 1930-1945: HMS Swordfish, Sturgeon, Seahorse, Starfish. Birth of a great standard: The S-class (1930-1980s) HMS Seawolf (cc) The…