Posted in ww1 Russian Navy

Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleship

Russian Battleships; Imperator Aleksandr II, Imperator Nikolai I (1885-91) The Imperator Alexandr II class were two pre-dreadnought battleships built for…

Posted in WW1 Japanese Navy WW2 Japanese Navy

Minekaze class destroyers (1918)

Destroyers built 1919-23, Minekaze, Okikaze, Shimakaze, Nadakaze, Tachikaze, Hokaze, Nokaze, Namikaze, Numakaze, Sawakaze, Yakaze, Hakaze, Shiokaze, Akikaze, Yukaze. The Minekaze…

Posted in ww2 Royal Navy WW2 UK DDs

A/B class destroyers (1929)

Royal Navy (1928-31) A class: HMS Acasta, Achates, Active, Antelope, Anthony, Ardent, Arrow, Acheron Canadian A class: HMCS Saguenay, Skeena…

Posted in ww2 IT subs ww2 Italian Navy

Ettore Fieramosca (1929)

Oceanic Submersible (1927-41) Ettore Fieramosca was designed by Bernardis as a cruiser submarine capable initially to carry a seaplane in…

Posted in cold war us navy us submarines

James Madison class SSBN (1963)

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (built 1963-64), service 1964-1994: James Madison, Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, John C. Calhoun, Ulysses S. Grant, Von…

Posted in Cold War RCAN

Mackenzie class destroyer (1961)

Royal Canadian Navy – Mackenzie, Saskatchewan, Yukon, Qu’Appelle DDE-261 – DDE-264 The Mackenzie-class destroyer was four Royal Canadian Navy and…

Posted in cold war spanish navy

Príncipe de Asturias (1982)

Aircraft Carrier (Built from 1978, service 1988-2013) The Príncipe de Asturias, originally named Almirante Carrero Blanco, was a light aircraft…

Posted in Website News

New Navy ! The Moroccan Navy

Once the most formidable naval force in the Western Mediterranean under the Almoravids, the country was under protectorate from 1912…

Posted in Cold War RCAN cold war UK subs

Upholder class submarines (1986)

Conventional Attack Submarines 1982-1994 Upholder, Unseen, Ursula, Unicorn The Upholder class submarines, also “Type 2400” due to their displacement, were…

Posted in Prussian 1870 Fleet

SMS Friedrich Carl (1867)

Prussian Navy – Ironclad 1866-1899 SMS Friedrich Carl was a broadside ironclad of mixed construction built for the Prussian Navy in…

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