ARA Independencia (1958)
Argentinian Aircraft Carrier, ex-HMS Warrior (1958-1971) Argentina Day ! For this national independence day, let’s see the fleet’s flagship for…
ARA Buenos Aires (1895)
ARA Buenos Aires, Protected Cruiser (1895) Argentina (1893-1935) Next step in the Chile-Argentina naval arms race for the latter, a…
Nimitz Class Fleet Aircraft Carriers (1972)
Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers (1974) USS Nimitz, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carl Vinson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, John C. Stennis, Harry…
De Zeven Provinciën class Cruisers (1944)
The Netherlands – 1939-2020 HNLMS De Ruyter, De Zeven Provinciën The world’s last gun cruisers. Started before the war in…
HCMS Bonaventure (1957)
Canada. Ex-Powerful 1943-1971 Special Canada Day ! The story of HCMS Bonaventure (“bonnie”), the only and only Canadian Navy Aircraft…
Blanco Encalada (1892)
Blanco Encalada Protected Cruiser (1892) Chile (1892-1938) Concluding this month with the Chile-Argentina naval arms race’s Chilean answer: Blanco Encalada….
Redoutable class submersibles (1928)
France (1928-45), Oceanic Submersibles, 31 completed. France’s largest submarine class The “Redoutable class” -official name was 1500 tonnes- was initiated…
ARA Nueve de Julio (1892)
ARA 9 de Julio Protected Cruiser (1892) Argentina (1891-1938) Still going on the Chile-Argentina naval arms race of the 1890s,…
Beriev MBR-2 (1935)
Beriev MBR-2 (1931-45) Multirole Flying Boat used 1932-55: 1,365 built. The Main soviet WW2 seaplane The MBR-2 (Medium Reconnaissance Seaplane,…
UB-1 class submersibles (1914)
UB-1 class (1914-18) German Empire – 20 submarines, UB-1 to UB-17, Austro U-10 to U-17, SM UB-3 to UB-14 The…
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