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Fuso class battleships (1915)

Fuso class battleships (1915) Japan, 1915. Fuso, Yamashiro. The first Japanese-designed super-dreadnought: These powerful dreadnoughts were far-off derivatives of the…

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WW2 Imperial Japanese Destroyers

About 80 destroyers 1919-1945 Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyer’s complete overview Japanese destroyers acquired a fearsome reputation during WW2, contrary to…

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HMS Furious (1917)

HMS Furious (1917) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier History’s first aircraft carrier The HMS Furious is like a warship with…

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Type Ia U-Boats (1936)

Type Ia, the oceanic type Germany (1936) U25, U26 The Unterseebooten Typ I, were in direct line inspired by the…

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Hōshō (1921)

Japan, 1921. Aircraft Carrier The Hōshō, world’s first purpose-built aircraft carrier Hosho was the first Japanese aircraft carrier. And a…

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Tone class cruisers (1937)

Tone class cruisers (1937) Heavy Cruisers Tone, Chikuma. The last IJN heavy cruisers The Tone class cruisers, IJN Tone and…

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Seeteufel (1944)

Seeteufel (1944) Germany (1944) Genesis of a tracked submarine The Seeteufel “Monkfish” was an evolution of the concept of human…

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Tenryū class cruisers (1918)

Tenryū class cruisers (1918) Japan, 1918. Tenryu, Tatsuta First light cruisers of the IJN: The 天龍型軽巡洋艦 Tenryū-gata keijun’yōkan or Tenryū…

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County class cruisers

United Kingdom (1926-1929) – 13 heavy cruisers: Berwick, Cumberland, Suffolk, Kent, Cornwall, London, Devonshire, Sussex, Shropshire, Norfolk, Dorsetshire, Surrey (cancelled,…

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KMS Graf Zeppelin (1939)

KMS Graf Zeppelin (1939) Germany (1939) Aircraft Carrier – 1 unfinished Germany’s aircraft carrier Contrary to most European powers, Germany…