Posted in brazilian navy

Barroso class cruisers (1951)

Marinha do Brasil: Light Cruisers Almirante Barroso, Almirante Tamandaré 1951-1980 Almirante Barroso and Tamandaré were the last cruisers of Brazil….

Posted in Cold war British Ships cold war UK subs

Oberon class submarines (1959)

United Kingdom (1958-68) – HMS Oberon Odin Orpheus, Olympus, Osiris, Onslaught, Otter, Oracle, Ocelot, Otus, Opossum, Opportune, Onyx, Onyx (1960-1995)….

Posted in cold war us navy

Ticonderoga class Cruisers (1981)

27 Cruisers 1980-1994, in service today (5 scrapped): Ticonderoga, Yorktown, Vincennes, Valley Forge, Thomas S. Gates, Bunker Hill, Mobile Bay,…

Posted in 1890 fleets Dutch Navy 1890

HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden (1874)

The Netherlands, Coastal Battleship 1871-1897 HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden was an iron-hulled ironclad “ramtorenschip”, a turret ram ship built at…

Posted in ww1 Russian Navy

Ekaterina II-class battleships (1886)

Ekaterina II, Chesma, Sinop, Georgiy Pobedonosets 1889/93-1919 The Ekaterina II class were four battleships of the Imperial Russian Navy, built…

Posted in 1870 Spanish Armada

Zaragoza (1867)

Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1868-1896) Zaragoza was a Royal Spanish Navy (Armada Real) wooden-hulled armored frigate ordered in 1860, built at…

Posted in ww1 US Navy ww1 US subs

S class Submarines (1918)

USA (1916-46) S-1 to S-68, oceanic submersibles After the R class of alast month and O class back in November…

Posted in 1890 Danish Navy

HDMS Helgoland (1882)

Coast Defence Ship built 1881-84, decomm. 1906 Development Denmark saw a decline of naval rank after the devastating Battle of…

Posted in Cold war British Ships cold war UK subs

Porpoise class submarines (1957)

United Kingdom (1958) – HMS Porpoise, Rorqual, Narwhal, Grampus, Finwhale, Cachalot, Sealion, Walrus 1957-91. After exploring the A class (Amphion),…

Posted in ww2 French Naval Aviation

Latécoère 298

Aéronautique Navale: 129 built total The best French floatplane ? A Laté 298 dropping its payload during exercises A navy…

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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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