Category: ww2 warships
Mogami class cruisers (1934)
Mogami class cruisers (1934) Light/Heavy Cruisers Mogami, Mikuma, Suzuya, Kumano. As Japan signed the treaty of London, the Imperial Navy…
Crown Colony class cruisers (1936)
Fiji (“Crown Colony”) class Cruisers United Kingdom (1939-42) HMS Fiji, Nigeria, Mauritius, Kenya, Trinidad, Jamaica, Gambia, Bermuda, Ceylon, Uganda, Newfoundland…
WW2 IJN Destroyers
WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers About 80 destroyers 1919-1945 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer’s complete overview Japanese destroyers acquired a fearsome…
HSwMS Oscar II (1906)
Panzerkepp HSwMS Oscar II (1906) Swedish Navy – coastal battleship 1907-1974 HSwMS Oscar II was a coastal battleship (Panzerkepp) of…
Nagara class cruisers (1920)
Nagara class Cruisers (1920) Empire of Japan, 1920. Light Cruisers: IJN Nagara, Isuzu, Natori, Yura, Kinu, Abukuma The second “three…
Shokaku class Aircraft Carriers (1939)
Japan, 1940-45. Fleet Aircraft Carriers: Shōkaku 翔鶴, Zuikaku 瑞鶴 The best ever IJN fleet carriers ? Shōkaku in Yokosuka, August…
IJN Hiryū (1937)
Japan, 1938-42. Fleet Aircraft Carrier Soryū’s near sister ship IJN Hiryū was the second purpose-built medium fleet aircraft carrier, and…
Illustrious class aircraft carriers (1939)
Illustrious, Formidable, Victorious, Indomitable (137-69) An introduction: Probably as famous for the Royal Navy the Yorktown class were for the…
Aircraft Carrier IJN Sōryū (1935)
Japan, 1937-42. Fleet Aircraft Carrier The first purpose-built IJN fleet carrier Another important landmark in the development of IJN air…
HMS Adventure (1923)
United Kingdom – Minelayer Cruiser (1923-47) The first dedicated British minelayer cruiser With the unusual pennant number M23, HMS Adventure…
