HMS Audacity (1941)
HMS Audacity (1941) United Kingdom – (1938-1941) The first British RN Escort Aircraft Carrier The Royal Navy’s first escort carrier…
Blackburn B-24 Skua (1936)
Carrier-Borne Dive Bomber RNAS/FAA 1937-40: 192 built. A first modern Royal navy Dive Bomber The Blackburn Skua was the first…
Amiral Charner class armoured cruisers (1892)
French Armoured cruisers France (1891-1926) Admiral Charner, Bruix, Chanzy, Latouche-Tréville Follow-up cruisers of the Dupuy de Lôme. The previous Dupuy…
Wiesbaden class cruisers (1915)
Germany – SMS Wiesbaden, SMS Frankfurt (1914-1919) Hipper’s Cavalry: Among the light cruisers screening for the Kaiserliches Marine, were the…
Chitose class light fleet aircraft carriers (1940-43)
Imperial Japanese Navy, 1936-44. IJN Chitose, IJN chiyoda Convertible seaplane tenders with a short career The Chitose class were started…
Grumman F6F Hellcat (1942)
USN WW2 carrier-borne fighter Single seat naval fighter (1942-48) The legendary 16:1 navy butcher bird The Grumman Hellcat would be…
HSwMS Gotland (1933)
Seaplane carrier hybrid light cruiser The singular HSwMS Gotland was designed during the interwar as a jack of all trades,…
Type C3-class Cargo Ships (1940)
US Maritime Commission 1940-45: 238 Built Foreworld: US Maritime Commission Fleet The United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) was an independent…
Shavrov SH-2
1930-52: Up to 1200 built. An amazingly long success story The Shavrov SH-2, affectionately called “Shavrushka”, shares with the Polikarpov…
Clemenceau class Aircraft Carriers (1957)
Fleet Carriers French Navy (1957) For this 14 of july 2022, French national holiday, here is the Clemenceau class carriers:…
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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