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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…

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York class cruisers

United Kingdom – HMS Exeter, HMS York The last British heavy cruisers Development of the “Class B” – York design…

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WW2 British Aircraft Carriers

WW2 British Aircraft Carriers Circa 52 aircraft carriers, built and started WW2 The leading nation in aircraft carriers: If the…

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HMS Furious (1917)

HMS Furious (1917) United Kingdom – Aircraft Carrier History’s first aircraft carrier The HMS Furious is like a warship with…

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County class cruisers

United Kingdom (1926-1929) – 13 heavy cruisers: Berwick, Cumberland, Suffolk, Kent, Cornwall, London, Devonshire, Sussex, Shropshire, Norfolk, Dorsetshire, Surrey (cancelled,…

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Hawkins class cruisers (1920)

United Kingdom (1920) Hawkins, Frobisher, Effingham, Cavendish, Raleigh First and last heavy cruisers of ww1 In 1914, the Royal Navy…

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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….

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Enterprise class cruisers

United Kingdom (1920) Light Cruisers – Enterprise, Emerald The little known “E” class The two Enterprise (Enterprise and Emerald) or…

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Renown class battlecruisers (1916)

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