Posted in WW1 French Navy

République class Battleships (1904)

French Navy Pre-Dreadnought Battleship: FS République, Patrie (1901-1905) The many shortcomings of the previous classes, born under the Jeune Ecole…

Posted in Cold war British Ships cold war UK subs

Valiant class SSN (1963)

Nuclear Attack Submarines built 1962-1971 HMS Valiant (S102), Warspite (S103), Churchill (S46), Conqueror (S48), Courageous (S50) in service until 1990-96…

Posted in WW2 IJN Aviation

Nakajima A1N (1929)

Naval Fighter, 150 made (1929-1932) in service until 1935. The Nakajima A1N, or Navy Type 3 Carrier Fighter (Also Type…

Posted in 1890 US Navy War of 1898

USS Charleston (1888)

Protected Cruiser (1888) USS Charleston (C-2) was the second British-designed cruiser (after Baltimore) in the early years of the “new…

Posted in 1860 fleets 1870 Fleets

HNLMS De Ruyter (1863)

Dutch Netherlands Navy: 74 guns 2nd rate, 54 guns Razee, 51 guns steam Frigate, Casemate Ironclad, 1831-1874 HNLMS De Ruyter…

Posted in ww1 IT destroyers

Giuseppe Sirtori class destroyers (1917)

Regia Marina – 4 destroyers: Giuseppe Sirtori, Giovanni Acerbi, Vincenzo Giordano Orsini, Francesco Stocco 1917-1944 The Giuseppe Sirtori class destroyers…

Posted in ww2 US Navy ww2 US subs

Cachalot class (1933)

US Navy Submersible (1932-45) The Cachalot-class were two medium-sized oceanic submarines built for the United States Navy built, last V-Boats,…

Posted in Cold War Sweden

Öland class destroyers (1945)

Swedish Navy 1942-47 HSwMS öland, Uppland Two Swedish fleet destroyers Launched in 1945-46 and completed in 1947-48. Much larger, inspired…

Posted in bundesmarine

Type 209 Submarines (1972)

Bundesmarine, 77 export boats (68 delivered) to 23 countries, also licence-built. For this Germany Day here is probably the most…

Posted in ww2 australian navy

HMAS Adelaide (1918)

RAN Light protected Cruiser from Cockatoo 1915-22, decom. 1945 In this new cycle we open the ball of Australian 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.

Generic placeholder image

⚒ Tech

Naval-related technology,
associated tactics & statistics


naval battles from the XIX to WW1, WW2 and cold war sea fights

⚔ Battles

Full history of naval battles,
strategies, tactics, fleets and ships


merchandisiding, plans, photos, illustrations

☘ Medias

Photos, blueprints, illustrations,
and Merch to support this site !


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.

Other ships from the same Yard