Léon Gambetta class Armoured Cruiser (1902)
France. Built 1901-1907, service until 1928: Armored Cruiser Léon Gambetta (1903), Jules Ferry (1903), Victor Hugo (1904). The Léon Gambetta…
IJN Yakumo (1899)
Nihhon Kaigun (1900-1922): Armoured Cruiser (Sōkō jun’yōkan) Yakumo (“Eight Clouds”) was an armored cruiser built for the Imperial Japanese Navy…
Porpoise class submarines (1934)
US Navy Submersibles, 3 sub-classes (1933-45): USS Porpoise, Pike | Shark, Tarpon | Perch, Pickerel, Permit, Plunger, Pollack, Pompano The…
Grisha class Corvettes (1977)
92 planned, 86 completed under Project 1124 Al’batros Technically, the Grisha class ships were corvettes, not Frigates which were supposed…
HMAS Albatross (1928)
RAN Seaplane Tender from Cockatoo Built 1926-29, RAN 1929-38, RN 1938-45 HMAS Albatross was for almost ten years what was…
HDMS Skjold (1896)
Coast Defence Ship built 1894-97, decomm. 1918 HDMS Skjold was an armored coastal defense ship built for the Royal Danish…
Gabbiano class Corvettes (1940)
Italy (1937-45)- 40 ASW corvettes: The Gabbiano-class corvettes were 59 vessels built for the Regia Marina in various yards during…
Warrior class Ironclad (1860)
Royal Navy Broadside Ironclads: HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince 1859–1862, service until 1902 The start of the ironclad age, before…
Letov Š-328V (1934)
Target Tug Floatplane (1935), 4 built The Letov Š-328V was a variant of the Letov Š-28 2-seat general purpose reconnaissance…
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…
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