27-knotters
27-knotters class destroyers United Kingdom (1894-1899) A class Destroyers, 36 built. The lineage of British Destroyers started with the experimental…
Tupolev MR-6 (1932)
Tupolev MR-6 (1932) 1932-36: 150 converted. Inspired by Heinkel models, the all-metal cantilever monoplane twin engine reconnaissance Tupolev R-6 was…
USS Nautilus (1954)
Nuclear Attack Submarine 1952-1980, preserved. The world’s first nuclear submarine The sub’s Propulsion Problem In WW2 submarine propulsion remained what…
CNS O’Higgins (1897)
CNS O’Higgins Armada de Chile – Armoured Cruiser, 1894-1958 CNS O’Higgins, was Chile’s largest cruiser before the cold war. The…
Ministro Zenteno (1896)
CNS Ministro Zenteno Armada de Chile – 1894-96 CNS Ministro Zenteno (1894). Another landmark of the Chile-Argentina naval arms race….
Boston class Missile Cruisers (1955)
Boston class fleet escort (missile conversion) US Navy. USS Boston, Canberra, 1953-78 (CAG-1, 2). The Boston class were the world’s…
UB-II class submersibles (1915)
UB-2 class (1915-18) German Empire – 30 submarines, UB-18 to UB-47 UB-45 underway in 1916 The UB-II class. Second part…
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942)
Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (1942) US Navy Dive Bomber (1943-45), 7,140 built The Curtiss SB2C and its “bad rep” A bit…
Bogatyr class cruisers (1900)
Bogatyr class armoured cruisers (1900) Russian Empire 1899-1936: Bogatyr, Oleg, Kagul, Ochakov, Vityaz A new class for Russian Protected Cruisers:…
ARA Garibaldi class armoured cruisers (1898)
Garibaldi class armoured cruisers (1901) Italy/Argentina (1894-1904) Four Armoured Cruisers: Garibaldi, Belgrano, Puyrredon, San Martin The six Argentinian Armored Cruisers…
Naval Encyclopedia
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.
About Naval Encyclopedia
Naval Encyclopedia is the first online warship museum. She was laid down in St Nazaire Yard back in September 1995, launched in December 1996 and completed in March 1997, with 1000+ crew for now, and counting. Dedicated to the history of all ships of the industrial era and 20th century, so 1820 to 1990, but also earlier times. The main difference for this early period is to study ships types through some famous examples. After her last refit in 2023, the present ship has been repainted anew, modernized and made more appealing, ready for even more extensive service, hopefully staying in the current state for the next five years of service. Further improvements will be made if practicable. Numerous additions over the years also led to a complete machinery overhaul, new steam turbines and propellers.
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