Posted in WW1 French Navy

Jeanne d’Arc (1899)

Armoured cruiser Jeanne d’Arc Marine Nationale, 1896-1920 The cruiser “Jeanne d’Arc” was the largest French cruiser in 1899, first oceangoing…

Posted in ww1 Italian Navy

Agordat class cruisers (1899)

Regia Marina – Scout Cruisers 1898-1923 The last ‘Esploratori’ Agordat and Coatit were built at Castellamare in 1897. They had…

Posted in WW2 Canadian Navy ww2 Royal Navy

River class Frigates (1942)

River class Frigates (1942) United Kingdom/Canada – (1942-45): 151 ships. The River class frigates built in large quantities by UK…

Posted in Italian Navy 1890

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Development Design of the class Hull and general design Powerplant Protection Armament ⚙ specifications MISSILE Weight Dimensions Propulsion Speed Range…

Posted in WW2 IJN Aviation WW2 Naval Aviation

Kawanishi E7K “Alf” (1933)

Kawanishi E7K “Alf” (1933) Imperial Japanese Navy, 533 built IJN main cruiser reconnaissance floatplane in 1941 In 1932, the Imperial…

Posted in cold war soviet naval aviation

Tupolev Tu-142 “Bear-F”

Circa 100, 8 variants (1968-2017) The Russian “Bear” casts its shadow over the USN To start this new cold war…

Posted in ww2 Soviet Navy

ww2 soviet cruisers

WW2 Soviet Cruisers Between prewar, interwar and cold war designs, the Soviet Union’s Navy (Sovietsky Flota) aligned about 32 cruisers,…

Posted in ww2 Italian Navy

Duca d’Aosta class Cruisers (1934)

Italy (1935), Duca D’Aosta, Eugenio di Savoia The middle Condottiere The group IV of the Condottieri cruisers “superclass” included the…

Posted in 1890 Spanish Armada Spanish Armada WW1 War of 1898

Pelayo (1887)

Spanish pre-dreadnought Battleship (1885-1929) Pelayo was a French-built Battleship, first modern one in service with the Armada. A fitting subject…

Posted in ww2 French Navy

Emile Bertin (1933)

France – Treaty Light Cruiser 1828-1959 An innovative French cruiser Named after a famous French naval engineer, Emile Bertin, this…

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