Category: ww2 Royal Navy
HMS Hood
HMS Hood United Kingdom (1920) – Battlecruiser The “Mighty Hood”, the symbol The HMS Hood is exceptional in more ways…
British C class cruisers (1914-1922)
United Kingdom (1914-22) 7 sub-classes, 28 cruisers The veteran light cruisers The ‘C’ class were called artificially that way by…
Leander class cruisers (1931)
United Kingdom (1931-35) HMS Leander, Achilles, Ajax, Neptune, Orion, HMAS Perth, Sydney, Hobart The ANZAC light cruisers The 5 Leanders…
Dido class AA cruisers (1939)
United Kingdom (1937-55) Dido, Bonaventure, Naiad, Phoebe, Cleopatra, Charybdis, Euryalus, Hermione, Scylla, Sirius, Argonaut The First Dedicated Royal Navy British…
York class cruisers
United Kingdom – HMS Exeter, HMS York The last British heavy cruisers Development of the “Class B” – York design…
WW2 British Aircraft Carriers
WW2 British Aircraft Carriers Circa 52 aircraft carriers, built and started WW2 The leading nation in aircraft carriers: If the…
HMS Furious (1917)
HMS Furious (1917) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier History’s first aircraft carrier The HMS Furious is like a warship with…
County class cruisers
United Kingdom (1926-1929) – 13 heavy cruisers: Berwick, Cumberland, Suffolk, Kent, Cornwall, London, Devonshire, Sussex, Shropshire, Norfolk, Dorsetshire, Surrey (cancelled,…
Hawkins class cruisers (1920)
United Kingdom (1920) Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Cavendish, Raleigh First and last heavy cruisers of ww1 In 1914, the Royal Navy…
Nelson class battleships (1925)
Nelson class Battleships (1925) United Kingdom (1922-1949) HMS Nelson, Rodney The Nelson class were two British Battleships completed in 1927-28….