Category: ww2 warships

Type IX U-Boats (1936) Germany (1936-45) 194 produced (290 ordered) Type IX, the long-range U-Boat: During world war two, two…

United Kingdom (1934-37) HMS Arethusa, Galatea, Penelope, Aurora The new generation British light cruisers The Arethusa class was the second…

WW2 Japanese Submarines IJN – About 85 submarines. Introduction: Ideas but wasted opportunities Just like aircraft carriers later, Japan was…

Germany (1940-44) – About 500 Amphibious ships German amphibious warfare in WW2: Prahme, converted riverine barges converted as landing ships…

Furutaka class (1925) Japan, 1925. Heavy Cruisers Furutaka, Kako The First Japanese “washington” cruisers: The two heavy cruisers of the…

Type-VII U-Boats (1933) Germany (1933), About 700 subs A Massive Improvement of U-Boat designs: If German tanks, aircraft and small…

HMS Hood United Kingdom (1920) – Battlecruiser The “Mighty Hood”, the symbol The HMS Hood is exceptional in more ways…

“K” class light cruisers: Planned 1925, 3 ships Germany (1927), KMS Königsberg, Karlsruhe, Köln The “K class”, Reichsmarine’s innovative ships:…

United Kingdom (1914-22) 7 sub-classes, 28 cruisers The veteran light cruisers The ‘C’ class were called artificially that way by…

United Kingdom (1931-35) HMS Leander, Achilles, Ajax, Neptune, Orion, HMAS Perth, Sydney, Hobart The ANZAC light cruisers The 5 Leanders…