River class destroyers (1903)
UK Royal Navy (1902-1921) E class: 34 ships. The 34 Royal Navy “river” class destroyers were the first built with…
Kashin class destroyers (1964)
Kashin class destroyers (1964) Project 61: 20 Missile Destroyers: Komsomolets Ukrainy, Soobrazitelny, Provorny, Odaryonny, Obraztsovy, Otvazhny, Steregushchy, Krasny Kavkaz, Reshitelny,…
Gloster Sea Gladiator (1938)
RNAS/FAA 1938-40: 98 built. The Gloster Sea Gladiator was a naval variant of the Gloster Gladiator, a British biplane fighter…
Warrior class armoured cruisers (1905)
HMS Warrior, Achilles, Cochrane, Natal (1904-1907) in service until 1921 A brand new scale for cruisers The Warrior class were…
1934 Type Destroyers
Nazi Germany: Z1 Leberecht Maas, Z2 Georg Thiele, Z3 Max Schulz, Z4 Richard Beitzen (1934-1945) The 1934 Type destroyers (Zerstörer)…
Boyarin (1901)
Russian Empire, 1902-1904 Boyarin (“Nobleman”) was a protected cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was the only foreign built…
HNLMS Karel Doorman
Koninklijke Marine Aircraft Carrier 1948-1968 Dutch National Day ! HNLMS Karel Doorman (R81) was the only cold war Dutch aircraft…
Barracuda class submarines (1925)
USN (1923-26)- USS Barracuda, Bass, Bonita (V-1, 2, 3, later SS-163-164-165) To start a new deep dive into US Navy…
Vitoria (1865)
Spanish Broadside Ironclad (1864-1912) In its rapid expansion program, the Spanish Navy (Armada) chose to order it’s first ironclad in…
A class submarines (1902)
Patrol Submersibles 1904-1906, service until 1918. A-1 to A-13, 13 completed total The A class submersibles were directly derived from…
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