Category: ww2 Royal Navy
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…
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…
HMS Adventure (1923)
United Kingdom – Minelayer Cruiser (1923-47) The first dedicated British minelayer cruiser With the unusual pennant number M23, HMS Adventure…
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…
British Cruisers of ww2
WW2 British Cruisers United Kingdom (1931-35) 68 cruisers 1919-45 From the C-class to the Tiger The history of development of…
HMS Ark Royal (1937)
HMS Ark Royal (1937) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier (1935-41) The large British fleet aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal in…
Perth class cruisers (1934)
Australia (1934-36) HMS Perth, Hobart, Sydney The Australian light cruisers These three light cruisers (Perth, Hobart, Sydney) were built specifically…
Queen Elizabeth class Battleships (1913)
Queen Elizabeth class Battleships (1913) United Kingdom (1913-1914) HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Malaya, Valiant PART I: A new breed…
WW2 British submarines
United Kingdom (1918-1945), 57 submersibles 1939, 260 total Introduction British submarines during WW2 were never given the same focus as…
Town class cruisers (1936)
United Kingdom (1936-39) HMS Southampton, Newcastle, Sheffield, Glasgow, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Gloucester, Belfast, Edinburgh The new battle-hardened “Town class”. The…
