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