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River class Frigates (1942)

River class Frigates (1942) United Kingdom/Canada – (1942-45): 151 ships. The River class frigates built in large quantities by UK…

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Flower class Corvettes (1940)

Flower class Corvettes (1940) United Kingdom/Canada – (1940-45): 263 ships*. The cheap answer to British ASW warfare The Flower class…

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HMS Audacity (1941)

HMS Audacity (1941) United Kingdom – (1938-1941) The first British RN Escort Aircraft Carrier The Royal Navy’s first escort carrier…

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HMS Argus (1917)

Fleet (later Training) Aircraft Carrier United Kingdom (1914-1944) Forty years of career and two wars To the exception of HMS…

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N3 (St Andrews) class Battleships (1918)

N3 class Battleships (1918) United Kingdom (1918-1922) -Unbuilt. The first true British “hyper-dreadnoughts” Comparison G3/N3 The term “super-dreadnought” was already…

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Implacable class fleet aircraft carriers (1942)

Implacable class Aircraft Carriers United Kingdom: HMS Implacable, Indefatigable (1942) The Illustrious near sister ships The Implacable-class were two aircraft…

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Crown Colony class cruisers (1936)

Fiji (“Crown Colony”) class Cruisers United Kingdom (1939-42) HMS Fiji, Nigeria, Mauritius, Kenya, Trinidad, Jamaica, Gambia, Bermuda, Ceylon, Uganda, Newfoundland…

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Illustrious class aircraft carriers (1939)

Illustrious, Formidable, Victorious, Indomitable (137-69) An introduction: Probably as famous for the Royal Navy the Yorktown class were for the…

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HMS Adventure (1923)

United Kingdom – Minelayer Cruiser (1923-47) The first dedicated British minelayer cruiser With the unusual pennant number M23, HMS Adventure…

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Revenge class Battleships (1915)

Revenge class Battleships (1915) Revenge, Ramillies, Resolution, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign. The Revenge class battleships: Super-dreadnoughts on a budget Overshadowed…