Category: ww2 Royal Navy
HMS Pretoria Castle (1938)
HMS Pretoria Castle (1943-46) United Kingdom – Training Aircraft Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) was a freshly completed Harland &…
HMS X1 (1923)
Cruiser Submersible 1921-1937: Nearly bankrupted by the war and in peace mood, Britain was not willing to engage in military…
HMS Unicorn (1941)
HMS Unicorn (1941) – Repair Aircraft Carrier Royal Navy – 1939-59 HMS Unicorn is a relatively foggy British carrier of…
Grampus class submersibles (1932-36)
Minelaying Submersibles 1932-1945: HMS Porpoise (prototype), HMS Grampus, Narwhal, Rorqual, Cachalot, Seal The first British internwar minelaying submersibles: The 1,800-tons…
Odin class submersibles (1926)
Oceanic Submersibles 1924-1945: HMS Oberon (prototype), HMS Oxley & Otway (Australian order), HMS Odin, Olympus, Orpheus, Osiris, Oswald, Otus HMS…
Colossus class light fleet Aircraft Carriers (1944)
First of the ambitious 1942 light Fleet Carrier United Kingdom – 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier (1944) Colossus, Glory, Ocean,…
Swordfish (S) class submersibles (1931)
Patrol Submersible 1930-1945: HMS Swordfish, Sturgeon, Seahorse, Starfish. Birth of a great standard: The S-class (1930-1980s) HMS Seawolf (cc) The…
River (Thames) class submersibles (1932)
Oceanic Submersibles 1931-1945: HMS Thames (N71), HMS Severn (N57), HMS Clyde (N12) Britain’s last Fleet submarines HMS Clyde underway for…
Parthian Class submersibles (1929)
Oceanic Submersibles 1926-1946: The Parthian-class submarine or P class was a class of six submarines built for the Royal Navy…
King George V class Battleships (1939)
King Georges V class fast battleships (1938) United Kingdom (1937-1941)King Georges V, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Howe, Anson…
