Posted in cold war Italian Navy

Audace class destroyers (1971)

Built 1968-71, in service until 2006: Audace, Ardito DD 551-550 The Audace-class destroyers were two guided missile destroyers built for…

Posted in WW1 Royal Navy ww1 UK DD

Acheron class destroyers (1911)

UK Royal Navy (1909-1922) 1909 program, I-class 1913: Builder class: HMS Acheron, Archer, Ariel, Attack, Badger, Beaver * Admiralty I…

Posted in Uncategorized

Belgrano class cruisers (1951)

Argentinian light cruisers: ARA 9 de Julio ex-Boise, ARA Belgrano ex-17 de Octubre, ex-USS Phoenix 1951-1982. Belgrano before 1982, photo…

Posted in ww1 US Navy ww1 US subs

R class Submarines (1918)

USA (1916-46) R-1 to R-27, Coastal defence submersibles After the O class we saw last November 2023, here is one…

Posted in Greek-Navy

Nauarchos Miaoulis (1889)

Unprotected Cruiser Build 1885-1892, service 1879-1931 The Nauarchos (or Navarchos) Miaoulis was an unprotected Greek masted cruiser ordered in France…

Posted in bundesmarine

Bremen class Frigates

Bundesmarine, Type 122. Built 1979-90, in service until 2020. F207-214 Bremen, Niedersachsen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Emden, Köln, Karlsruhe, Augsburg, Lübeck The eight…

Posted in ww2 RN cruisers ww2 Royal Navy

Tiger class cruisers (1945)

United Kingdom (1945) – HMS Blake, Tiger, Lion 1959-78. The Tiger class were three and last light conventional cruisers built…

Posted in cold war French ships

Arethuse class submarines (1956)

Conventional Attack Submarines (S635, 636, 639, 640). Service 1957-1987: Aréthuse, Argonaute, Amazone, Ariane We continue our dive in cold war…

Posted in ww2 IT subs ww2 Italian Navy

Balilla class submarines (1927)

Oceanic Submersibles: Balilla, D. Millelire, A. Sciesa, E. Toti (1926-29) Laid down in 1925 and completed in 1928 (Sciesa 1929),…

Posted in WW2 Soviet Naval Aviation

Chyetverikov MDR-6

1937-43: 44 built. The Chyetverikov MDR-6 was a 1930s Soviet Union reconnaissance flying-boat aircraft, and the only successful aircraft designed…

Naval Encyclopedia

Naval Encyclopedia provides a one-stop place for everything related to naval warfare through ships classes, going back to antiquity to the present day, with particular focus on WW1, WW2 and the cold war, with daily articles and weekly fleets. This is a long endeavour, with future entries in opacity both in the top and side menus. Naval encyclopedia also goes through some civilian aspects (clippers, liners, oil platforms, naval tech in general) and battles/tactics as well.

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