Category: ww2 warships
Town class cruisers (1936)
United Kingdom (1936-39) HMS Southampton, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Gloucester, Belfast, Edinburgh The new battle-hardened “Town class”. The…
WW2 Japanese Aircraft Carriers
Japan, 1919-45. 34 Aircraft Carriers The third giant of carriers: In December 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) possessed the…
Courageous class aircraft carriers (1928)
United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier The Courageous Class were two light battlecruisers intended for an Operation in the Baltic in…
Kuma class cruisers (1919)
Kuma class cruisers (1919) Japan, 1919. Kuma, Tama, Kitakami, Oi, Kiso The five cruisers of the Kuma class were first…
WW2 British Destroyers
WW2 British Destroyers United Kingdom (1917-1945), 400+ destroyers Introduction In 1939, 184 destroyers were in service, dating back for a…
Leipzig class cruisers (1929)
Germany (1928-35), Leipzig, Nürnberg The last light German cruisers: The Leipzig class represented the last two light cruisers of the…
Nagato class Battleships (1919)
Nagato class Battleships (1919) Nagato, Mutsu. The last IJN dreadnoughts: The Nagato and Mutsu (長門型戦艦, Nagato-gata senkan) were the first…
HMS Hermes (1919)
United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes was the first (or second depending on the authors) purpose-built aircraft carrier. Indeed…
IJN Yūbari (1923)
IJN Yūbari (1923) Japanese light cruiser, 1923 An innovative light cruiser: Hiraga’s IJN Yūbari Yubari in 1923, Sasebo IJN Yūbari…
WW2 British Amphibious Ships and Landing Crafts
United Kingdom (1941-45), about 4700 vessels Foreword: British amphibious warfare in WW2 D-Day was retrospectively the most visible amphibious operation…
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