Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Ships
Nazi Germany, 25 ships (1936-1945) Introduction The Kriegsmarine, or German Navy from 1933 onwards was like the US and Royal…
Friesland class destroyers (1956)
Koninklijke Marine Destroyers: Onderzeebootjager Typ 47B (later Typ 49), Built 1951-56. HNLMS Friesland, Groningen, Limburg, Overijssel, Drenthe, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam…
British Early Turbine Destroyers
Royal Navy (1899-1922): HMS Viper, Cobra, Velox. Royal Navy’s early turbine destroyers were driven by the inability of the 33-knotters…
Type XXIII U-Boats (1944)
Nazi Germany, 980 planned, 61 completed (1944-45) The true Elektroboot The Type XXI were large scale production Kriegsmarine’s “wunderwaffe” planned…
USS Maine (1889)
USA – Armoured Cruiser 1888-1898 USS Maine was the first USN armoured cruiser made famous by the war she indirectly…
Roma class ironclads (1864)
Italian Regia Marina, 1863-1896: RM Pirofrigata Roma, Venezia The Roma class ironclads were built in Italy for the Italian Regia…
33 Knotters
United Kingdom (1896-1921) C class: 3 ships: HMLS Albatross, Express, Arab Development At the end of the process of ordering…
Poti class Corvettes (1960)
66 completed under Project 204/204E 1960-68 MPK-1 to 136 (random numbers), in service until 2005, also used by the Bulgarian…
Aquila class cruisers (scouts) (1916)
Scouts (cruisers) 1914-1950: Aquila, Sparviero, Nibbio, Falco (eagle, sparrowhawk, kite, falcon). Later Mărăști and Mărașești (1920), Ceuta and Melilla (1937),…
Turbinia (1894)
United Kingdom, private yacht tested by the RN (1895-1927, preserved) The Turbinia is the first steam turbine-powered steamship. It was…
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