Posted in ww2 French Naval Aviation

Hanriot HD.2

Hanriot HD.2 (1917) Naval Fighter, Marine Nationale/USN The Hanriot HD.2 was a French biplane floatplane fighter, a derivative of the…

Posted in ww2 US subs

Mackerel class Submarine

US Navy Submersibles, USS Mackerel, Marlin SS-198-211 (1939-48) The Mackerel-class submarines were two prototype submarines laid down before the war…

Posted in 1870 Royal Navy

Defence class Ironclad (1860)

Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads: Defence and Resistance 1859–1862, service until 1902 HMS Defence and Resistance signed a return to more…

Posted in 1870 Italian Fleet Italian Navy 1890

Vedetta (1866)

Italy, Iron-Hulled Aviso, In Service: 1869-1903 During the time of Italian Unification, much of the fighting occurred on land between…

Posted in ww2 German TBs ww2 Kriegsmarine

Type 23 torpedo boat

Germany (Reichsmarine): 1925-28: Möwe, Falke, Greif, Kondor, Albatros, Seeadler The Type 23 or “Raubvogel” (bird of prey) class were the…

Posted in Coldwar Soviet Ships soviet submarines

VICTOR II class submarine (1972)

Project 671RT Syomga (NATO “VICTOR II”) nuclear attack submarines 7 nuclear attack submarines (SSN): B-387, 371, 467, 488, 495, 513,…

Posted in French 1870 Fleet

Magenta class Broadside Ironclads (1861)

France: Magenta, Solferino 1859-63, Broadside Ironclads (1963-82) Continuing into French 1860s capital ships, after Couronne, the first French all-Iron answer…

Posted in WW1 US Cruisers ww1 US Navy

New Orleans-class cruiser (1896)

USA (1896): Protected Cruiser CL-22 New Orleans, CL-23 Albany 1897-1930 The New Orleans class were two protected cruisers initially built…

Posted in Naval Tech

Offshore Platforms & Forts

♜ Semi-Fixed seabed Infrastructures: Oil platforms/rigs, Naval Forts, and associated. 1,337 operational onshore oil rigs, 240 offshore rigs, Maunsell Forts,…

Posted in ww2 IT subs ww2 Italian Navy

Calvi class submarine (1935)

Oceanic Submersibles: Pietro Calvi, Giuseppe Finzi, Enrico Tazzoli (1936-43) The Calvi class were essentially a modern reboot of the 1920s…