Category: ww2 warships

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: May 17, 2017
Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww2 Royal Navy

Renown class battlecruisers (1916)

Renown class Battlecruisers (1916) HMS Repulse, Renown (1916) Veterans of two wars: The Renown class battlecruisers were initially planned as…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: May 8, 2017
Posted in U-Boats ww2 Kriegsmarine

German mini-subs and human torpedoes

German mini-subs and human torpedoes Germany (1944-45) Introduction: K-verband projects: Not a part of the series of famous “V-weapons”, these…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: April 28, 2017
Posted in ww2 warships

Admirals of WW2

Although the war at sea in Europe saw few “big guns” engagements (no Jutland equivalent here), Admirals still played a…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: March 11, 2017
Posted in WW2 Japanese Navy

Aoba class heavy cruisers (1926)

Aoba class heavy cruisers (1926) Japan, 1926. Heavy Cruisers Aoba, Kinugasa The Improved Furutaka The two heavy cruisers of the…

Author: captain choc Published Date: February 7, 2017
Posted in U-Boats ww2 Kriegsmarine

Type II U-Boats (1935)

Type II U-Boats (1935) Germany (1935), 50 Submarines Types IIa, IIb, IIc, IId In 1930, the false Dutch company NV…

Author: naval encyclopedia Published Date: May 1, 2016
Posted in ww2 Kriegsmarine

German Commerce Raiders

10 German Hilfskreuzer (1937-40): Orion, Atlantis, Widder, Thor, Pinguin, Stier, Komet, Kormoran, Michel Historical Overview Privateers freighters are already a…